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To edit the registry to remove the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop...
Locate the following registry key...
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel,
You will have to create following registry DWORD value if it doesn't already exist,
In the right pane, R-click the registry DWORD value named {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and then click Modify. In the value data box, replace 0 with 1, and then click OK.
quit the Registry Editor. and then restart the Explorer shell to see the changes (no need to actually reboot your PC.)
To use the Group Policy Object Editor to remove the Recycle Bin icon...
Open the Run box, type gpedit.msc, and then Enter.
Under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates, and then D-click Desktop.
D-click Remove Recycle Bin icon from the desktop, and click the Setting tab,
click Enabled, and then click OK.
the icon should be removed from the desktop after the Group Policy Object Editor is closed.
Note--
There are also some other methods (other registry keys and values that you might find on the 'net) that you can use to remove Recycle Bin icon, But they may cause some problem at later time when you want to restore the icon on the desktop. The MS TweakUI utility uses the above registry edit method, it creates and sets the registry DWORD value to 1 to hide the Recycle Bin icon.
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