Missing Recycle Bin on Windows Destop

Recycle Bin is a temporary storage place for files which are deleted / removed by the user of microsoft windows operating system. Recycle Bin icon that looks like trash normally displayed on the desktop. File which was deleted / removed are stored here as a safety measure to avoid the incidence of erroneous delete / remove. If that occurs, the user can right-click on the icon and select menu "explore" to restore the file.

There are certain circumstances where the Recycle Bin icon might disappear from the desktop. Sometimes it happens by mistake when you are tidying up icons on the desktop. To restore the Recycle Bin to its original place, you just need to right-hand click on the desktop, select the "Properties". Dialog Window will display a tab panel. Select the tab "desktop" and then select the "restore default" (see figure 2). Now you should be able to see again the Recycle Bin.

What if it is still not showing?

It is possible that Windows registry is damaged. Information search activities on the Internet was a bit frustrating until I found a website that explains how to repair the Windows Registry.(http://www.bullguard.com/support/tech-guides/how-to-repair-recycle-bin.aspx)

You only need to download the text file, change the file extension from ". Txt" to ". Reg" and double-click the file. And then you go back to the desktop, right-hand click it and select the "refresh". Recycle Bin should reappear now.

Want to know how the Recycle Bin works? http://www.pandorarecovery.com/knowledge_base/general/recycler.php