Windows 7 - Recycle Bin - Add or Remove from Navigation Pane

   Information

This will show you how to add or remove the Recycle Bin in the Windows Explorer navigation pane in Windows 7.

1. Open Windows Explorer, and right click on a empty area in the navigation pane.

2. To See the Recycyle Bin in "Show All Folders"

A) Click on Show all folders to check it.

3. To Not See the Recycyle Bin in "Show All Folders"

A) Click on Show all folders to uncheck it.

B) If you still see the Recycle Bin with this option unchecked, then you will need to do OPTION TWO below to remove it.

1. Open the Start Menu and type regedit.exe in the search line, then press enter.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

3. In Regedit, go to the location below: (See screenshot below step 4)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder

4. In the left pane of regedit, right click on the ShellFolder key and click on Permissions. (see screenshot below)

5. At the top, select the Administrators group. At the bottom, check the Allow box to the right of Full Control and click on OK. (see screenshot below)

6. Do either step 7 or 8 to add or remove your user profile folder from the navigation pane.

7. To Add the Recycle Bin to the Navigation Pane
NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) In the right pane of ShellFolder, right click on a empty space, click on New and String Value, copy and paste the name below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This is to have your user profile folder display as a separate group in the navigation pane when you do not have Show all folders checked.

PinToNameSpaceTree

B) Go to step 9.

8. To Remove the Recycle Bin from the Navigation Pane

A) In the right pane of ShellFolder, right click on PinToNameSpaceTree, and click on Delete. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This is to not have your user profile folder display as a separate group in the navigation pane when you do not have Show all folders checked.

B) Click on Yes to confirm deletion. (see screenshot below)

C) Continue on to step 9.

9. If you have 64-bit Windows 7 Installed

   Note

To also add or remove your User Folder from the "Open" and "Save as" type windows as well in 64-bit Windows 7, you will also need to do this step.

If you have a 32-bit Windows 7 installed, then skip this step since doing steps 1 to 7/8 will add or remove your User Folder from the "Open" and "Save as" type windows as well.

A) In Regedit, go to the location below:

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder

B) Repeat steps 4 to 7/8 above for this registry location.

10. Close regedit.

11. Restart the computer to fully apply.