How to Restore the Recycle Bin on a Desktop in Vista

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Tip 1 - Restore Missing Desktop Icons in Windows 7, 8, or 10

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tom Sheehan | permalink

If you’ve removed your recycle bin icon, or you previously added the some of the “special” icons like Computer, User or Control Panel to the desktop and they are now missing, you might want to know how to add them back.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-missing-desktop-icons-in-windows-vista/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Recover or Restore Missing Recycle Bin Icon in Windows Vista, 7, 8

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Harold Tjiptadjaja | permalink

Doing some spring cleaning on your computer and accidentally delete the Recycle Bin icon in Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8? If your Recycle Bin icon

For further reading: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-vista/how-to-recover-or-restore-a-missing-recycle-bin-icon-in-windows-vista/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to recover the recycle bin if you delete it from the Windows Vista desktop?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by ghoti 2007 | permalink

For further reading: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-to-recover-the-recycle-bin-if-you-delete-it-from-the-windows-vista-desktop/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Windows - How to restore the Recycle bin icon on the desktop?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Toon Feyaerts | permalink

The Recycle bin icon, no longer appears on my desktop. How to restore it? For Windows Vista and Seven: Right-click on your Desktop > Personalize > Change Desktop icon. Note that: If you are using the Home Basic version, simply type "show desktop icon"...

For further reading: http://ccm.net/faq/30116-windows-how-to-restore-the-recycle-bin-icon-on-the-desktop ^[4]