One of the desktop icons that appear after Windows is installed is the Recycle Bin. Here’s what you need to know about it. Microsoft programmers were no doubt thinking about the Apple Mac operating ...

Q: When I installed Windows 10 to replace the older system, I lost the desktop Recycle Bin. I have gone through steps to show the bin icon, but I was not successful. Do you have any additional advice?

The Tech-Recipes tutorial blog writes up a quick guide on docking the Recycle Bin icon as a separate item on the Windows 7 taskbar, instead of underneath Windows Explorer. Following the guide is ...

A user at the Neowin.net forums demonstrates a simple registry tweak that expands Vista's Recycle Bin's right-click menu: [The registry tweak] replaces the Delete command from the Recycle Bin with a ...

I'm not exactly sure when it became cool to abandon the use of your operating system's desktop, but a growing number of people these days prefer the "clean" look. Recent releases of Microsoft Windows ...

Ok, I'm having a problem with users dragging things from a file browsing shell into the recycle bin. We have the delete functionality turned off in the shell, but if they drag it to the recycle bin it ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Windows fans have complained about Microsoft’s use of iconography for ...

Microsoft is currently rolling out a simplified look to Windows 10, which includes slowly updating all the icons we regularly double-click. The latest selection to receive a makeover are the system ...