For a clean desktop Windows gives its user the option to hide all desktop icons. You can show and hide desktop icons from desktop context menu view option. When the icons are showing its easy to empty the Recycle Bin by right clicking on its icon. Bust if you want a clean desktop without any icon its bit difficult to eat access to Recycle Bin or even empty the Recycle Bin. Windows don’t gives any easy option to pin Recycle Bin to the taskbar.
Here is how can you pin a Recycle Bin shortcut to the Taskbar:
1. On desktop, create a shortcut to: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder
2. Change the shortcut icon (found in C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll)
3. Right-click the shortcut and select 'Pin to Taskbar'
Pin Recycle Bin to Taskbar:
TaskBar Hider
Free Windows Disk Cleaner
Auto Hide and Show Desktop Icons
Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer
Delete File Permanently with DeleteOnClick
