Why Is The Recycle Bin Missing From The Windows 10 Desktop, Where Is It Located And How To Get The Icon Back

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

What to do if the trash can icon disappeared from the desktop: causes and solutions to problems

Every Windows user has come across the recycle bin more than once. But sometimes it can happen that the basket will disappear, and you have to return it yourself.

Content

• 1 Basket properties
• 2 Cart restriction

• 3 Solving the problem with the disappearance of the trash icon

  • 3.1 Via system settings

    3.1.1 Video: how to return the trash to the desktop through system settings

  • 3.2 Through the Group Policy Editor
  • 3.3 By editing the registry
• 4 Removing the recycle bin
• 5 What happens if you erase the trash folder

• 6 Change icon

  6.1 Video: How to Change the Trash Icon in Windows 10

• 7 What to do if the basket is not working properly

  • 7.1 Computer restart
  • 7.2 Re-create a folder

  • 7.3 Disk defragmentation

    7.3.1 Video: How to Defragment a Disk in Windows 10

Cart properties

Recycle Bin is a section that stores previously deleted files, but not yet erased irrevocably. That is, those elements to which the "Delete" function has been applied once. The Recycle Bin is needed so that the user can recover accidentally deleted files, and not immediately lose them forever.

By default, the Recycle Bin is located in the C directory, the folder is hidden and named $ RECYCLE. BIN. To see it, you need to activate the display of hidden files in the "View" tab of the explorer.

The trash folder is located along the path C: / $ RECYCLE. BIN

Cart Limit

If you want to set the maximum limit for megabytes, the number of which the recycle bin should not exceed, or move it to another partition on the disk, follow these steps:

1. While on the desktop, right-click on the basket and select the "Properties" function.

   

   Open cart properties

2. In the window that appears, select the appropriate partition, and also set the maximum size specified in megabytes. There is also a parameter, the inclusion of which will lead to the fact that the deleted files will be immediately erased irrevocably, not being placed in the trash. But you should not activate it, since no one is protected from accidental deletions.

   

   Set the basket location section and its maximum value

Solving the problem with the disappearance of the trash icon

By default, the trash can icon is always on the desktop. It can disappear in two cases: one of the users deleted it or there was a failure in the system, possibly caused by a virus or incorrect actions of the user. There are several methods to return an icon.

Through system settings

To return the trash can icon using system settings, do the following:

1. In the search system bar, type in the word "Display" and open the found tab "Show and hide regular icons on the desktop."

   

   Proceed to Show and Hide Normal Desktop Icons

2. In the window that appears, check the box next to the word "Basket" and apply the changes.

   

   Check the box next to the word "Basket"

Video: how to return the trash to the desktop through system settings

Through the Group Policy Editor

You can also return the icon through the Group Policy Editor:

1. Launch the Run window by holding down the Win + R combination. Enter the gpedit.msc command.

   

   Run the command gpedit.msc

2. Go to the "User configuration" block, from it to the "Administrative templates" section and the "Desktop" sub-section. In the destination folder, open the properties of the Remove Trash Icon from Desktop file.

   

   Open the file "Remove Trash Icon from Desktop"

3. Set to Not Configured. Click on the "Apply" button to save the changes, and then restart your computer. The icon should return to its place.

   

   Set to "Not Configured"

By editing the registry

To get the trash bin icon back using the registry editor:

1. Go to the Registry Editor by executing the regedit command in the Run window, launched by the Win + R combination.

   

   Run regedit to open Registry Editor

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer / HideDesktopIcons / NewStar or HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer / HideDesktopIcons / ClassicS. Find the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} section in the destination folder, find or create a DWORD parameter in it and set it to 0.

   

   Create DWORD with value 0 in desired folder

Removing the basket

If for some reason the user has decided that he does not need the basket on the desktop, then you can use the three methods described above to return the icon. Execute them, only in the last step do the opposite:

• if you went through the system settings, then uncheck the "Basket" value;
• if you went through the group policy editor, then set the value "Enabled";
• if you went through editing the registry, then set the parameter to the value not 0 (zero), but 1 (one).

What happens if you erase the trash folder

The folder responsible for the trash can be found in the memory of the hard disk or SSD. If you delete it by selecting it and pressing the Delete key, then nothing will change. When you try to delete another file, the system will automatically recreate the trash folder. That is, it will not work to delete the basket forever, and it is difficult to imagine a situation when there is a need for this.

Change icon

If you want to set a new system icon or your own icon for the desktop trash icon, follow these steps:

1. In the search system bar, type in the word "Display" and open the found tab "Show and hide regular icons on the desktop." Select the basket in the list and click on the "Change icon" button.

   

   Select the basket and click the "Change icon" button

2. Select the suggested icon or specify the path to your own icon, and then apply the changes. Done, icon changed. It is possible that the changes will take effect only after a system reboot.

   

   Choose an icon for your shopping cart or upload your own

Video: How to Change the Trash Icon in Windows 10

What to do if your shopping cart is not working properly

If the Recycle Bin is damaged and the files stored in it are not deleted, you need to recreate the Recycle Bin folder and defragment the disk.

Restart your computer

Files may not be deleted if the system mistakenly thinks that they are still in use despite being placed in the trash. Of course she is wrong. Restart your computer to have the OS re-scan dependencies and allow file deletion.

Reboot your system to allow deleting files in the recycle bin

Recreate the folder

To recreate the trash folder, do the following:

1. Run "Command Prompt" as an administrator.

   

   Open "Command Prompt" as an administrator

2. Register and execute the rd / s / q C: / $ Recycle.bin command. Done, Command Prompt can be closed.

   

   Run the command rd / s / q C: / $ Recycle.bin

Disk Defragmenter

Files are written to disk in cells in the order of the sequence. If you delete a file, then the cells that it occupied will be freed. In the future, other files will be written to them, but the queue will get lost. Over time, the disk becomes so fragmented that accessing the computer's memory will cause a failure. To fix it, you need to defragment, that is, restore the order of the queue:

1. Use the system search bar to find the "Defragment and Optimize Your Drives" tab.

   

   Open the "Defragment and Optimize Your Disks" section

2. In the window that opens, select the system partition and start the optimization procedure. It will pass automatically. After it finishes, restart your computer, the problem with the recycle bin should be fixed.

   

   Select the disk and click the "Optimize" button

Video: How to Defragment a Disk in Windows 10

The Recycle Bin is located on the system drive, you cannot delete it, but you can restrict or move it. If its icon disappeared from the desktop, you will have to return it manually. To fix the trash can, reboot the system, re-create the folder and defragment the disk.