Vista - Recycle Bin Menu

**Brink** · 05-31-2007

How to Replace Delete in the Recycle Bin Context Menu in Vista

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Last edited by Brink; 04-15-2009 at 02:48 AM..

MacSimi · 05-16-2008

Shawn, Thanks for this. Replace Delete with Disk Cleanup worked perfectly for me in Vista Home Premium SP1 (32 bit). I have many times in the past stupidly deleted the recycle bin icon when I meant only to empty it, so your hack is much appreciated!

**Brink** · 05-16-2008

Your welcome MacSimi, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

gate1975mlm · 07-04-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by davehc

Quote: Originally Posted by bam4846

Only tried the one since it was moderately useful to me.

I really would just like the delete option removed with nothing else added. Unless I could replace it with a "winning lottery numbers generator" option. That would come in handy. Anything else just makes a large pain-in-the-ass into a small pain-in-the-ass.

Thank you for your reply.

Just run this reg file (trust me!) the del will be gone.

How do you get delete back if someone wanted to?

**Brink** · 07-05-2008

Hi Gate1975mlm,

Welcome to Visa Forums.

You would just use the REG download in step 4 to restore the default Delete.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

vivecapark · 09-15-2009

Although I'm pretty computer savy and have been using a computer of one kind or another since 1981, after getting my new computer with Vista, I've been deleting the recycle bin over and over. A lot of the time, I would be extra careful to only click on empty, but my hand is faster than my eye & brain!

Today I got smart and decided to do a search to find out if there was a fix for this. The first one I came across entailed me editing my registry. The second one led me to this website where I corrected the problem in less that 2 minutes (which included the downloading time).

Thanks so much for making my life easier!

Viveca

**Brink** · 09-15-2009

You're most welcome Viveca, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

05-31-2007
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,980 posts	Recycle Bin Menu How to Replace Delete in the Recycle Bin Context Menu in Vista ... Click here to read the entire tutorial Last edited by Brink; 04-15-2009 at 02:48 AM..
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05-16-2008
MacSimi Ontario 1 posts	Re: Recycle Bin Menu Shawn, Thanks for this. Replace Delete with Disk Cleanup worked perfectly for me in Vista Home Premium SP1 (32 bit). I have many times in the past stupidly deleted the recycle bin icon when I meant only to empty it, so your hack is much appreciated!
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05-16-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,980 posts	Re: Recycle Bin Menu Your welcome MacSimi, and welcome to Vista Forums. Shawn
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07-04-2008
gate1975mlm Vista 32Bit Ultimate x64 1 posts	Re: Recycle Bin Menu Quote: Originally Posted by davehc Quote: Originally Posted by bam4846 Only tried the one since it was moderately useful to me. I really would just like the delete option removed with nothing else added. Unless I could replace it with a "winning lottery numbers generator" option. That would come in handy. Anything else just makes a large pain-in-the-ass into a small pain-in-the-ass. Thank you for your reply. Just run this reg file (trust me!) the del will be gone. How do you get delete back if someone wanted to?
My System Specs

07-05-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,980 posts	Re: Recycle Bin Menu Hi Gate1975mlm, Welcome to Visa Forums. You would just use the REG download in step 4 to restore the default Delete. Hope this helps, Shawn
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09-15-2009
vivecapark Vista Home Premium 32bit 1 posts	Re: Recycle Bin Menu Although I'm pretty computer savy and have been using a computer of one kind or another since 1981, after getting my new computer with Vista, I've been deleting the recycle bin over and over. A lot of the time, I would be extra careful to only click on empty, but my hand is faster than my eye & brain! Today I got smart and decided to do a search to find out if there was a fix for this. The first one I came across entailed me editing my registry. The second one led me to this website where I corrected the problem in less that 2 minutes (which included the downloading time). Thanks so much for making my life easier! Viveca
My System Specs

09-15-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,980 posts	Re: Recycle Bin Menu You're most welcome Viveca, and welcome to Vista Forums. Shawn
My System Specs

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