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In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you a simple tweak that allows you to show or hide system icons on the desktop, including the Recycle Bin.
Customizing your desktop, how it feels and looks, not only can help you to work more efficiently, but also provides a more personal experience. If you’re a system administrator, the following tip can also be used to standardize a Windows 10 desktop image, or Windows Server RDS or VDI desktops.
Show or hide system icons using the Control Panel (Image Credit: Russell Smith)
You should now see that the Recycle Bin has disappeared from the desktop. Naturally, you can choose to show or hide the Computer, Network and other system icons in the Desktop Icon Settings dialog.
If you’d like to configure which system icons are shown, not just for the logged in user but for all users, there are three settings in Group Policy that in turn allow you to show or hide the Computer, Network, and Recycle Bin icons. For more information on working with Group Policy, see How to Create and Link a Group Policy Object in Active Directory on the Petri IT Knowledgebase.
Show or hide system icons using the Group Policy (Image Credit: Russell Smith)
After the next Group Policy refresh, when users log in they should see any customizations you made in the steps above.
In this article, I showed you how to show or hide the Recycle Bin, Computer, and Network icons on the desktop using the Control Panel and Group Policy. It’s worth noting that if you configure the above Group Policy settings, users will no longer be able to show or hide theses icons using the Control Panel.
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