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Add Recycle Bin and More to My Computer [Windows Tip]

Source: Lifehacker

Jul 02, 2009

Summary

The Tweaking with Vishal web site writes up a quick registry hack that adds Recycle Bin, Network Connections, Admin Tools, or even Search to your My Computer window.

The process works by adding a single key to the registry for each icon you want to add to the My Computer window. To add the Recycle Bin, open up the Registry Editor and browse down to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMyComputerNameSpace

Once you are there, create a new key named {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} underneath, and the Recycle Bin will instantly show up in your My Computer window—or you can hit the F5 key to refresh if necessary.

Hit the link for the full walk-through, including how to add Network Connections, Administrative Tools, Search, Printers, and more. For another quick way to access commonly used Windows functions, check out how to create your own custom Control Panel, and then change the Win+E shortcut key to open that instead of My Computer.

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