Right click the desktop, click Personalize, on the left pane click Change
desktop icons. Check Recycle Bin, then Ok. It should be back on the desktop
again. This happens when you click Delete instead of Empty Recycle Bin. I've
done it several times myself.
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Dustin Harper
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"Clayton Q" <Clayton
Q@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I put a folder in the recycle bin to delete, right clicked on the empty
> recycle bin, and the whole bin disappeared! How do I bring it back?