I decided to download and use a customized icon for my trash. Everything is fine except that when I empty the trash, the icon does not revert to empty ... or when I fill it, it does not revert to full. Not until I right click desktop and click on "Refresh." I downloaded both the empty icon and the full icon so shouldn't it automatically change just like it does for the default icon?
Hello Nikilet, :)
Which method did you use to change the Recycle Bin icon?
Change Recycle Bin Icon in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials
Recycle Bin - Fix For Custom Icons Not Refreshing - Windows 7 Help Forums
To refresh you need the second link Brink shows.
In short, open Regedit, go to(copy & paste in Regedit' saddressbar)
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon
and add a .0(comma zero) after each key.
Then save the key in Regedit' s Favorites as you'll most likely need it again:
Lastly you might want to save your current theme.
I Googled directions on how to do this, but I did not edit the registry.
On this link Recycle Bin - Fix For Custom Icons Not Refreshing - Windows 7 Help Forums the three keys all showed my new icon so all I did was put a ,0 at the end of each and now it works.
Thanks a lot!
I've tried different trash icons in the past and never could get anything to work so just let it go. I finally decided I was going to see if I could get a solution to whatever I was doing wrong. So this was great information you shared with me. I already tried a couple of different icons and they all worked following the instructions here.
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