It may seem like a small tweak, but MiniBin really does make dealing with deleted files easy. Not only can you open up the recycle bin just by right clicking on it, but you can even empty on it just by double-clicking — no showing the desktop necessary. You can also turn on and off sounds, the progress bar, and the confirmation dialog when you empty it by opening up its preferences. It also lets you tweak its CPU usage for older machines, and customise the icon that shows up in your system tray. It’s a simple app, but saves you the annoyance of showing your desktop every time you want to deal with the Recycle Bin.
MiniBin is a free download for Windows only.
Mac already did it
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:57 AMMac has had this feature in its dock for as long as i remember. surprised no one else had come up with the idea for windows before
olearymo
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 1:27 PMCool story bro!
amonrei
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:59 AMNice. I usually put it on my start menu.
Nodeity
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:02 PMI would have thought it was a lot easier to just right click on the item you want to delete and select ‘delete’!! Just drag the bin icon onto your taskbar, and it’s no longer cluttering up your desktop. Best of all it doesn’t use any system resources by sitting in your system tray!!
f4cti0n
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:46 PMI thought it was even easier to just press the ‘delete’ key on my keyboard?!
Hughhh
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 2:52 PMI’ve been using the “insivible icon” trick for the past few weeks (since it was posted on LH) but now I think I might give this one a shot. Yay! :)
vtl
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 4:37 PMDo people make a habit of deleting thing they want to keep? I always disable the recycle bin and find it much better. Done it for the last decade and never had a problem
Mike
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 7:25 AMAccidents happen when more than one user is involved, vtl.