Hack your desktop: Hide Recycle Bin

Well, there are a few ways to hide the Recycle bin, but the safest can only be used in Windows XP Professional. If you don't know whether you have it or not, go to the start menu, then right-click My Computer and click properties. A multi-tabbed dialog box will show up. Stay on the current tab, and look for something that says
System:
             Microsoft Windows XP
             Something Something Something

In place of Something Something Something should either say Home Edition or Professional edition. If it says Professional Edition, go to Step 1. If it says Home Edition, skip step one and go to step 2. (If you have Professional Edition, don't use step 2.

Step 1. Professional Edition

This is easy. Click Start > Run, or press Windows Key + R, and type gpedit.msc, and hit enter.

• On the Left Column Expand Administrative Templates, click on Desktop
• On the Right Column Find Remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop
• Double click on it, A Property Window will Appear
• Select Enable option, Press OK.

To make it work, right-click the desktop and select refresh. Your Recycle Bin should disappear. If you have trouble, just post a comment. For another tip, go to Step 3.

Step 2. Home Edition

For Home Edition, it's not that easy. You need to get your hands dirty and jump into the registry. 

NOTE: The registry is a dangerous place. If you do one thing wrong, you could end up with a not-so-happy computer. I am not liable if you destroy it, I gave the right steps, so it's not my fault. It's a good idea to back up the registry before starting. To back it up:

Scroll to the top and click "My Computer". Then, click File > Export, and put it somewhere in your computer. This may take a while, though.

Now to get down to business. To hide the Recycle bin, expand My Computer, then each of these keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel.

right click on {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}, then set it to 1 to hide the recycle bin. Then Refresh the desktop by right-clicking on it, then selecting Refresh.

Step 3. Making it easier for yourself.

Open notepad and paste, DONT TYPE, the following code into it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced\Folder\RecycleBinOnDesktop]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\
HideDesktopIcons\\NewStartPanel"
"Text"="Show Recycle-Bin Icon on the Desktop"
"Type"="checkbox"
"ValueName"="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001

Save it as recycle.reg, then double-click on it, click yes, then okay. This code adds an option to "Folder Options" to hide or "unhide" the recycle bin. To get to Folder Options, just open any file or folder, or My Computer, and click Tools > Folder Options, then, on the view tab, check the option Show Recycle-Bin Icon on the Desktop to hide it, or uncheck it to show it.