Alter the Recycle Bin icons

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This setting enables you to alter the Recycle Bin icons.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
This setting enables you to alter the recycle bin icons. If you enable this setting, you can customize your recycle bin according to your preferences. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below for hkey_current_user and for hkey_classes_root. You can edit one string value "default" and create string values "empty" and "full", if these values are not existing. Now you can set this value to disallow the ability to customize the toolbar. After going to a free space of your desktop and pressing the key f5 the changes should take effect. Example: (default) reg_sz c:\icons\systic.ico empty reg_sz c:\icons\systic.ico full reg_sz c:\icons\systic_full.ico When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081 -101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]</b>, right-click on "(Default)" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value User "User Defined recycle bin icon file path" Like "c:\icons\systic.ico" without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081 -101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]</b>, right-click on "Empty" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value User "User Defined Empty recycle bin icon file path" Like "c:\icons\systic.ico" without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081 -101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]</b>,right-click on "Full" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value User "User Defined Full recycle bin icon file path" Like "c:\icons\systic_full.ico " without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. Exit from registry. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: (Default)
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Empty
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Full
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified
  • Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Root
  • Value Name: (Default)
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified
  • Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Root
  • Value Name: Empty
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified
  • Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Root
  • Value Name: Full
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified


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