Solved Recycle bin icon is missing text

Kol12 · Jan 30, 2024

My desktop recycle bin icon is missing it's text. It is only affecting one of my Windows user profiles and not the other. Is it likely to be an issue with the user profile?

The Pool Man · Jan 30, 2024

Kol12 said:
My desktop recycle bin icon is missing it's text. It is only affecting one of my Windows user profiles and not the other. Is it likely to be an issue with the user profile?

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Does removing it from desktop and replacing it again help?

Kol12 · Jan 30, 2024

The Pool Man said:
Does removing it from desktop and replacing it again help?

Unfortunately it doesn't.

Ghot · Jan 30, 2024

Kol12 said:
My desktop recycle bin icon is missing it's text. It is only affecting one of my Windows user profiles and not the other. Is it likely to be an issue with the user profile?

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And/or try rebuilding the icon cache... (for that user)

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Or delete and re-create that user, if it's not a hassle.

Or restore from a backup?

akt196 · Jan 30, 2024

Kol12 said:
My desktop recycle bin icon is missing it's text. It is only affecting one of my Windows user profiles and not the other. Is it likely to be an issue with the user profile?

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1.Open PowerShell as Administrator
2. Copy the script and enter into powershell:

$path = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel"
$name = "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"
# Set the value of the registry key to 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $name -Value 0

3.Restart your computer

Kol12 · Jan 31, 2024

akt196 said:
1.Open PowerShell as Administrator
2. Copy the script and enter into powershell:

$path = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel"
$name = "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"
# Set the value of the registry key to 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $name -Value 0

3.Restart your computer

What will that do?

akt196 · Jan 31, 2024

This will recreate the correct value in the registry

Ghot · Jan 31, 2024

Kol12 said:
What will that do?

I believe it's supposed to... "unhide" the Recycle Bin??

Ghot · Jan 31, 2024

akt196 said:
This will recreate the correct value in the registry

I don't have that CLSID number in that location, and my Recycle Bin works fine??

Kol12 · Jan 31, 2024

Ghot said:
I believe it's supposed to... "unhide" the Recycle Bin??

Unhiding is not the issue...

Ghot · Jan 31, 2024

Kol12 said:
Unhiding is not the issue...

I know. But I think that command makes it "show" on the desktop.
The CLSID number... {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} ...is the number for the Recycle Bin.

Kol12 · Jan 31, 2024

The rebuild icon cache BAT file didn't work. The text isn't showing in file explorer tabs either.

akt196 · Jan 31, 2024

Kol12 said:
The rebuild icon cache BAT file didn't work. The text isn't showing in file explorer tabs either.

right click on Recycle Bin => Rename to Recycle Bin

antspants · Jan 31, 2024

Kol12 said:
The rebuild icon cache BAT file didn't work. The text isn't showing in file explorer tabs either.

Are there any other icons missing text on your desktop? Were you anywhere near the fonts that you may of deleted one?

Ghot · Jan 31, 2024

Kol12 said:
The rebuild icon cache BAT file didn't work. The text isn't showing in file explorer tabs either.

I'd restore from a backup if you have one.

Kol12 · Jan 31, 2024

akt196 said:
right click on Recycle Bin => Rename to Recycle Bin

Ha that might of actually worked. I'll reboot and check.

Kol12 · Jan 31, 2024

antspants said:
Are there any other icons missing text on your desktop? Were you anywhere near the fonts that you may of deleted one?

The only icons on my desktop are the recycle bin and a text document.

antspants · Jan 31, 2024

Renaming the recycle bin wont replace text in explorer? I forget how you do it and I am not near my PC, but ask the desktop to show one of the other system icons to see if that text is also missing, like “My Computer” if that even still exists.

Unless it’s showing after reboot of course.

Kol12 · Jan 31, 2024

antspants said:
Renaming the recycle bin wont replace text in explorer? I forget how you do it and I am not near my PC, but ask the desktop to show one of the other system icons to see if that text is also missing, like “My Computer” if that even still exists.

Unless it’s showing after reboot of course.

It did! The text is showing in explorer again too. I wonder if I've accidentally renamed the recycle bin somehow? I did wipe clean all the keys on my keyboard the other day while the machine was on. Maybe I hit some key combination that wiped the recycle bin text?

Ghot · Jan 31, 2024

Kol12 said:
I did wipe all the keys on my keyboard the other day while the machine was on...

Yeah, probably not a good idea, while the comp is on.

Registry Tweak - Add or Remove System Icons from the Desktop

But I still don't understand how that puts the words Recycle Bin... back under the Recycle Bin.

The Powershell command just goes to this registry location (in pic), creates the Binary value...
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and sets it to zero.
Which will make the Recycle Bin, show, on the desktop.

Why I have a Recycle Bin on the desktop but don't have the Recycle Bin CLSID entry in MY registry... I don't have a clue.

I do have the ThisPC CLSID number... {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
and it's set to zero, so ThisPC shows on my desktop.