Another Way to Empty Recycle Bin

Sometimes, we often empty the recycle bin to get more space in our hard drive. To empty the recycle bin we usually right clicking on the recycle bin and select Empty Recycle bin. I think most of you have been familiar with this way. But, did you that there is another way to empty recycle bin? You can empty he recycle bin by right clicking on a drive and select empty recycle bin.

How it works? We will create a new context menu on our drives which functioned to empty the recycle bin. This context menu will appears on all drives on the PC when we right click on it. To create the context menu, we should add new keys on the registry. Here's the steps:

1. Open Notepad by clickin on Start »» Accessories »» Notepad.


2. On the Notepad windows type the following codes:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

3. Save it with .reg extention by clicking File »» Save As. On the save as dialog box, select All Files on the Save as type dropdown box and named the file with .reg extention, for example EmptyRecycleBin.reg. Then click the save button.



4. Now, merge the new Registration Entries file by right clickin on it then select Merge. When a dialog box appears click yes.

Everything is done. Try to right click on one of your drive through Windows Explorer. Is there a new menu named Empty Recycle bin? If there is it, congratulation! You have another way to empty recycle bin. This tips works on Windows XP Professional.