Right click on your desktop Recycle Bin in Windows Vista and you'll get this
popup:
I've highlighted the menu items of interest here: Empty Recycle
Bin, which permanently deletes the contents of the Recycle Bin, and
Delete, the standard context menu item that deletes the Recycle
Bin icon itself.
And it works. Click on Delete and you get this message:
The problem of course is that we're so used to these popup confirmations that we
often fail to notice or read them. I know I frequently mutter to myself "yeah,
yeah, whatever" and press enter or click Yes without paying attention.
Whoops. The Recycle Bin disappeared.
But as you can see, the message gives the clue we need.
So, we dutifully fire up Control Panel and click on the Personalization options:
With all the options on the right in the big white emphasized area, it's
very easy to miss "Change desktop icons" near the top left:
Click on that and you'll get this handy little dialog:
Click the Recycle Bin checkbox as I've highlighted above,
click OK, and your Recycle Bin should reappear on the
desktop.
And it works. Click on Delete and you get this message:
Whoops. The Recycle Bin disappeared.
But as you can see, the message gives the clue we need.
So, we dutifully fire up Control Panel and click on the Personalization options:
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