Get Full Access to Recycle Bin Directly From Taskbar in Windows Vista/7/8

As we can all see, from the first version of Windows which is Microsoft Windows 1.0, Microsoft provided an app that has the same function like a trash bin in real life, called the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin has the function to store your deleted files after deleting them. You can access the Recycle Bin from your desktop, or by opening up Windows Explorer. If you want to empty the bin, you can do it by doing a right click on the bin’s icon and hitting the Empty Recycle Bin option.

But, do you ever realize how much seconds did you waste, or how much minutes did you waste just to exit or minimize your active windows just to click a single Empty the Recycle Bin button on your desktop, or opening that bin from the desktop? Well, maybe this is not a problem if you’re only working with one active window, but some users that are working with many active windows founded that the “exiting to the desktop just to access the bin” thing is really wasting their time, and they really need something that is more simple, so they can empty the bin without having to minimize the things that they are working on.

So in this post, we are going to share a simple freeware created by laushung @ deviantArt called TrayBin, that has the function to get full access to the Recycle Bin like opening the bin, emptying the bin, and see the bin's status directly from your taskbar!

To get full access to Recycle Bin from your taskbar, follow the instructions below:

1. Download the tool from the download link (link available on the end of this article)

2. Extract the ZIP file, and double-click on the TrayBin.exe icon to run TrayBin

3. A trash can-shaped icon will now show on your taskbar.

4. To empty your Recycle Bin, you can double click the app's icon on the taskbar, or you can do right click on the app's icon then hit the Empty Recycle Bin option.

5. To open up the Recycle Bin, you can do a right click on the app's icon, and click the Open Recycle Bin option.

TIPS:

- You can drag n drop a file to the TrayBin icon that is showing on your taskbar if you wanted to delete the file to the Recycle Bin.

- TrayBin is packed with different various icon themes that you can change from the app's settings window.

- You can start TrayBin with Windows from the Settings window, simply do a right click on the app's icon, then hit on Settings | General and check on the Automatically start TrayBin when Windows starts option.