Restoring a Missing Recycle Bin -

Restoring a Missing Recycle Bin

It’s not unknown for users to lose the ability to access the recycle bin, there are numerous reasons for this but it’s most often caused by a corrupt Registry, or an installed program that attempts to provide some form of Recycle bin protection.

A simple registry change is all that’s required to restore the recycle bin back to full working order.

Click the Start button, and select Run from the menu.
Type in regedit in to the dialog box and hit Enter.
Navigate to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerBit Bucket
You should see a keyword Value Called NukeOnDelete
To switch the recycle bin on set the value for this key to 0. To switch the re-cycle bin off set it to 1.

Once you exit the registry editor and re-start Microsoft Windows the recycle bin should be available

Windows XP Lost Recycle Bin, Missing Recycle Bin, Restore Recycle Bin Chief Chimp March 10, 2012 0 Comments

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