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recycle bin icon
how do you change the icon for the recycle bin? I tried doing to its "properties" but the option for changing it is not there.
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Ok, just start the registry editor by selecting start|run, enter regedit and click on OK.
On the left side of the view, double-click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then on SOFTWARE, Classes, CLSID, {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-0
On the right side you see three entries named (standard), empty and full.
Double-click on empty, and type in the value. If you have an *.ico file, you enter just the name of the file. If the Icon is inside an *.exe od *.dll file, you need to specify which one you ant to have; the first one being 0, the second 1 and so on.
Click on OK, and exit regedit.
You may have to refresh the icons by deleting something and emptying the bin afterwards to see the effect.
Be careful: regedit is a mighty tool, misuse can kill your windows.
On the left side of the view, double-click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then on SOFTWARE, Classes, CLSID, {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-0
On the right side you see three entries named (standard), empty and full.
Double-click on empty, and type in the value. If you have an *.ico file, you enter just the name of the file. If the Icon is inside an *.exe od *.dll file, you need to specify which one you ant to have; the first one being 0, the second 1 and so on.
Click on OK, and exit regedit.
You may have to refresh the icons by deleting something and emptying the bin afterwards to see the effect.
Be careful: regedit is a mighty tool, misuse can kill your windows.
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you showed me Where it is located, but How do you do it? I have icons ready to replace it but I don't know how.