For those who wonder how the recycle bin disappeared, I have the answer. Rather than worrying about who
who deleted your Windows 7 recycle bin, let us concentrate on how to recover the recycle bin, complete with
its rubbish!
4)
At the Desktop Icon Settings, place a tick next to: 'Recycle Bin'. Your deleted recycle bin should now reappear on the
Windows 7 desktop. The bin will still have the same rubbish as when Mr Nobody deleted it.
While you are
perusing the Desktop Icon Settings, you could consider placing a tick next to Computer
or even Control Panel. Alternatively, now you know where recycle bin went,
you could reverse this technique to hide this icon from the desktop.
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Now that we have found where recycle bin went, and to prevent any more
accidents, let us see how we can resize the desktop icons by scrolling the
mouse.
Here is a 'Resize' trick with mouse. Click on the Windows 7 desktop, while the mouse
button is depressed, hold down the 'Ctrl' key, now scroll the mouse wheel.
The knack is to combine the Ctrl key and the scroll key, so persist and believe
this technique will resize all the icons.
Observe
the two screen shots to the right, it's interesting to compare the relative size of the text 'Recycle Bin' with size of the bin icons.
More Tips for the Windows 7 Recycle Bin
You can bypass the recycle bin by holding down the Ctrl key while delete
a file, folder or other item. However, this is dangerous as it removes
the safety net normally associated with the Recycle Bin.
If you right-click the Recycle Bin then you can tune it's size and decide
whether or not you want to see a warning message when you delete stuff.
I expect that you will soon notice the different appearance of the empty
and full recycle bins, it is also possible to change the icon associated
with the bin.
Right-click the Windows 7 Desktop
Click on Personalize
Select: 'Change desktop icons'
To alter the Recycle Bin's appearance, click Change Icon.
Select an icon from the list, and then click OK.
If you are getting short on free diskspace, then call for the Disk
Cleanup agent. right-click any drive in Windows Explorer and look for
the Disk Cleanup button.
Summary of How to Find
Windows 7's Lost Recycle Bin
If you lose your Windows 7 Recycle Bin, have faith that it's just hidden;
believe that the contents are not lost or permanently
deleted. Your salvation is to right-click the desktop and seek the 'Personalize settings, the
trickiest part is finding the 'Change desktop icons' link.
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