Saturday, May 30, 2009

Add Recycle Bin icon to the taskbar in Windows 7

In Windows 7, when you drag-and-drop Recycle Bin to the taskbar, it get's pinned to Windows Explorer on the taskbar. If you need to add the Recycle Bin icon to the taskbar then make sure that the Recycle Bin icon is on the desktop and then perform the following:
1. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop, point to New and click on Folder.
2. Rename the New Folder to My Toolbar.
3. Drag-and-drop the Recycle Bin icon to the My Toolbar folder.
4. In the taskbar, right-click on an empty space, click to clear the check mark beside Lock the taskbar. Right-click on an empty space on the taskbar and point to Toolbars and click New toolbar...
5. From the New Toolbar - Choose a folder dialog box that opens, locate the My Toolbar folder from the desktop. Click to highlight the My Toolbar folder and then click on the Select Folder button.
6. My Toolbar folder appears on the taskbar. Now, you have to hide the labels and make the Recycle Bin icon large. To do this,
  • Right-click on My Toolbar and click to clear the check mark beside Show Text and Show title.
  • Right-click on My Toolbar, point to View, click Large Icons.
7. Now, the Recycle Bin icon would appear to the right of the taskbar. To make the Recycle Bin icon appear to the left, click on the dotted lines that appears to the left of the Recycle Bin icon and drag to the right of the Start button.
8. Right-click on an empty space on the taskbar and click to place a check mark beside Lock the taskbar.

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