The Recycle Bin context menu doesn’t have the “Pin to Quick access” context menu. However, you can still pin it to Quick access using the methods in this article. We will see how to pin Recycle Bin to Quick access manually as well as using a script.<\/p>\n
Open the Recycle Bin folder. By default, it opens to the “Manage”\/”Recycle Bin Tools” tab. Click on the Home tab, and click Pin to Quick access. Alternatively, you can drag the Recycle Bin desktop icon to the Quick access area in a folder window and drop it.<\/p>\n
\r\n'Pin Recycle Bin to Quick Access - VBScript code\r\nDim oShell: Set oShell = CreateObject(\"Shell.Application\")\r\nDim WshShell: Set WshShell = CreateObject(\"Wscript.Shell\") \r\nsRB = \"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\"\r\nsKey = \"HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\\" & _\r\nsRB & \"\\shell\\pintohome\\command\\\"\r\nWshShell.RegWrite sKey & \"DelegateExecute\", _\r\n\"{b455f46e-e4af-4035-b0a4-cf18d2f6f28e}\", \"REG_SZ\"\r\noShell.Namespace(\"shell:::\" & sRB).Self.InvokeVerb(\"pintohome\")\r\nOn Error Resume Next\r\nWshShell.RegDelete sKey\r\nWshShell.RegDelete \"HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\\" & sRB & \"\\shell\\pintohome\\\"\r\nWshShell.RegDelete \"HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\\" & sRB & \"\\shell\\\"\r\nWshShell.RegDelete \"HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\\" & sRB & \"\\\"\r\nOn Error GoTo 0\r\nSet oShell = Nothing\r\nSet WshShell = Nothing\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\n<\/a>PowerShell<\/h4>\n$RBPath = \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\\shell\\pintohome\\command\\\"\r\n$name = \"DelegateExecute\"\r\n$value = \"{b455f46e-e4af-4035-b0a4-cf18d2f6f28e}\"\r\nNew-Item -Path $RBPath -Force | out-null\r\nNew-ItemProperty -Path $RBPath -Name $name -Value $value -PropertyType String -Force | out-null\r\n$oShell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application\r\n$trash = $oShell.Namespace(\"shell:::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\")\r\n$trash.Self.InvokeVerb(\"PinToHome\")\r\nRemove-Item -Path \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\" -Recurse\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nHint:<\/strong> The trick is to temporarily create a PintoHome<\/code> verb under the Recycle Bin GUID. This is because the PintoHome<\/code> verb under HKCR\\Folder<\/code> doesn’t work for the Recycle Bin special folder due to a folder GUID validation being in place. After invoking the verb and pinning the item, the PintoHome<\/code> verb under the Recycle Bin GUID can be removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Recycle Bin context menu doesn’t have the “Pin to Quick access” context menu. However, you can still pin it to Quick access using the methods in this article. 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