Since he made his appearance Windows 10 Like the new Microsoft operating system, a lot of expectation was generated due to the failure of Windows 8, but it turned out to be a more than pleasant surprise, since the return of old options could be verified. In addition, it brought with it the arrival of new and interesting functions where now you will be able to pin the recycle bin in the task bar.
As we know, the recycle bin is an important tool on the Windows desktop, but sometimes it is necessary to know how to hide this icon. Or we would also like to know how to change the trash icon in all versions of Windows, but Windows 10 does not allow us to do something even more daring and it is to pin it in the task bar.
Although you may be thinking that this may be a somewhat difficult operation to perform, we will tell you that it is not like that and you will be surprised how simple it is. In this way you will always have it at hand without having to go to the desk to access it. We only ask that you continue reading this interesting article that explains everything you need to know.
Is it necessary to have my recycle bin on hand on my computer?
The recycle bin plays a very important role in our PC and it is necessary that we always have it at hand. We must know that this becomes a temporary reservoir of those files that we have deleted, but that we can recover at any time, since it is possible that we may mistakenly send a document to this place.
Therefore, if we can have the recycle bin in sight, it will be much better, especially if we are in an application. So if we anchor said trash can to the taskbar we will be able to access them more immediately and retrieve files that are in this temporary storage area.
How can I add my recycle bin to my PC taskbar?
As we already mentioned it is very easy to pin the recycle bin to the taskbar and even more so when we will have several methods to do it. Where the most practical would be to drag the icon from the desktop to the taskbar, but this action will not work, because Windows will anchor it to the file explorer list.
Therefore the most effective methods to carry out the pinning of the recycle bin to the taskbar are by creating a shortcut. Or also by entering a code and finally giving it a name. Let’s see in detail how these three procedures are performed.
Use the right click to select New, followed by Shortcut
The first thing we are going to do is create a shortcut and for this we will locate ourselves in a clear area of the desktop with the mouse cursor and we will right click. A menu of options will be displayed and you must select the ‘New’ option. Then another menu will be displayed and you will select the option ‘Direct access’.
Add the following code in the blank space
The wizard that will allow you to create the shortcut will be displayed on the screen, now in the ‘Enter the item location’ field. You must paste this % SystemRoot% explorer.exe shell: RecycleBinFolder and then click on the ‘Next’ option. And you will be taken to the next instruction that you must complete.
Name it ‘Recycle Bin’
Finally, the ‘Name’ field will be displayed on the screen in the wizard and there you must write ‘Recycle Bin’. To end the process of creating the shortcut, you must click on the ‘Finish’ button.
What can I do if I want to change the icon to a default one?
We already mentioned that the recycle bin belongs to the file explorer and therefore it will show a default icon of said explorer. If we then want to change the icon, you just have to do the following.
Change the icon in the Shortcut Properties
Hover over the shortcut you have recently created and now with the mouse cursor right click to bring up the options menu. Now you must select the option ‘Properties’ found at the end of the menu. The properties box will be displayed on the screen with different tabs.
Where it says Find icon of this file add the following code
We must be in the tab in the ‘Direct Access’ tab which will show us some options, but we will scroll to the end. There we will locate the option ‘Change icon’ and we are going to click, now in the field ‘Find icon in this file’. We will paste the following % SystemRoot% system32 imageres.dll and then we select the ‘Enter’ option.
Find and select the Recycle Bin icon and select OK
The next step is to look for the icon of our preference and that represents the recycle bin. Once the choice has been made, we will select the option ‘Accept’ and in this way the choice of a new icon has been made.
How can I see the new Recycle Bin icon?
Once we have reached this point we’re closer to pinning the recycle bin to the taskbar, but you may want to see the new icon that we have selected and for this you just have to do the following:
Go to Properties and select OK
To see the new icon you have selected for the recycle bin you must enter the properties window. And once there, search and select the Accept option by clicking on it. In this way, all the changes that we have made will be saved.
Now just drag the shortcut to the taskbar
To end find the shortcut we just created with its new icon found on the desktop. Select it and drag it directly to the taskbar and you will see that it stays anchored, something that was not possible before. If you are interested in knowing more features like this, we suggest you read how to hide the taskbar in Windows 10.