Windows 7 I want to hide the recycle bin on the desktop

[tblount]

What's wrong with simply right clicking on the desktop and UNCHECKING Show desktop icons?

If you want to get more fancy and set a hotkey to toggle icons on and off.... here is how:

Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Turn the Desktop Icons On or Off :: the How-To Geek

 

[reghakr]

Here's a registry sctoy that nat work

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon]
@="Shell32.dll,31"
"Full"="Shell32.dll,32"
"Empty"="Shell32.dll,31"

Do you know how to create it in Notepad?