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Recycle Bin Edits

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Recycle Bin Edits:

 Fooling with the recycle bin. Why not make the icon context menu act like 
 other icon context menus. 
 
 Add rename to the menu: 
 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder 
 "Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20 
 Add delete to the menu: 
 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder 
 "Attributes"=hex:60,01,00,20 
 Add rename and delete to the menu: 
 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder 
 "Attributes"=hex:70,01,00,20 
 
 Restore the recycle bin to Windows defaults including un-deleting the icon 
 after deletion: 
 
 Restore the icon. 
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer
 \Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} 
 @="Recycle Bin" 
 Reset Windows defaults. 
 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder 
 "Attributes"=hex:40,01,00,20 
 Other edits to the recycle bin icon: 
 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder 
 "Attributes"=hex:40,01,01,20 ... standard shortcut arrow 
 "Attributes"=hex:40,01,02,20 ... a different shortcut arrow 
 "Attributes"=hex:40,01,04,20 ... and still another shortcut arrow 
 "Attributes"=hex:40,01,08,20 ... make it look disabled (like it's been cut)  
 
 For Windows XP and 2000 also edit 
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\
 {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
 
 For Windows ME also edit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\
 CLSID{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
 
 

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