I accidentally put stuff I need in the Recycle Bin

People often accidentally put items in the Recycle Bin that do not belong there when dragging and dropping. The good news is that the Recycle Bin is just a folder, and is mostly like other folders on your computer. Since the Recycle Bin does not automatically delete items when they are put in the folder, you can get the files back.

Solution:

Open Recycle Bin--> drag the file you want to keep out of the Recycle Bin or to another place on your computer--> such as My Documents. The file has not been harmed in any way.

Reduce Recycle Bin maximum Size

Issue:

How to "REDUCE RECYCLE BIN MAXIMUM SIZE" for Optimization of PC

Symtom:

When you "Turn ON" PC it is too slow.

Cause:

This is set fairly high by default, around more than 10% which will affect your speed if your your available disk space is less. So you can try to set that to 3%, there`s really no need to set it higher than that.

Solution:

1. To do this right click your recycle bin--> and then click on properties.

2. Now Under Global in the Recycle Bin properties window--> move the slider and click apply.

Restore Recycle Bin Using Group Policy

If the system administrator used a Group Policy setting to hide the Recycle Bin or "All Icons" on the Desktop, you may have to contact the system administrator to restore the Recycle Bin icon. The system administrator can either use the Group Policy Object Editor (GPEDIT.msc) or manually remove the registry information (that was created through the Group Policy Object Editor) for the Recycle Bin to restore the Recycle Bin icon to the Desktop.

Note: The following procedures works only on Windows XP Professional. If your system is not Windows XP Professional, you can try the procedure in the "Workaround" section.

Recycle Bin Missing in Windows XP

Edit the registry to restore the Recycle Bin

Important: This task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

Click here to know how to backup and restore registry.