Recycle Bin is missing in Windows 7.

Hi,

I request you to answer a few questions, so that we can diagnose this issue correctly:

1.     Did you make any changes to the computer prior to this issue?

2.     What troubleshooting steps have you tried?

Here’s what you can try:

Method 1: Please refer to the steps given in this link:

Show or hide the Recycle Bin

Method 2: Try resetting and rebuilding the Icons Cache and check if Recycle Bin comes back.

To Reset Icon cache follow the below mentioned steps:

a.     Right click on empty area of the desktop and click on Personalize.

b.     Click on the Display Properties link.

c.      Under Colors, select Medium (16-bit) and click on Apply.

NOTE: If you already have Medium (16-bit) selected, then select Highest (32-bit) instead. If you have Highest (32-bit) selected, then select Medium (16-bit) and restart the computer.

To Rebuild icon cache follow the below mentioned steps:

a.     Open a Windows Explorer window.

b.     Open Folder Options to select (dot) Show hidden files and folders.

**c.**Go to C:\Users\ (User Name)\AppData\Local.

d.     Right click on IconCache.db and click on Delete and then click on Yes.

**NOTE:**This deletes the file to the Recycle Bin. It is safe to empty the Recycle Bin when finished.

Empty the recycle bin and restart the computer.

**NOTE:**If for some reason IconCache.db is not there or the size has not changed much, then just restart the computer again. You may need to restart a couple of times in some cases.

Please get back to us with the status of the issue.