How to change Windows Recycle Bin folder

Question

I recently installed 4 new hard disks on my Windows 7 computer. They are all the same model, all connected the same, and I formatted them all the same. I am logged in as Administrator and have Windows Explorer configured to show everything. Now, 3 of the disks have a $Recycle.bin folder which are shown using a normal folder icon in the navigation pane. However, the other one has a "Recycle Bin" which is shown with the recycle bin icon. I checked my recycle bin settings and it is the same for all drives.

I want to know what is happening here and ultimate to be able to change the 3 drives to look like the one with the recycle bin icon. That's because when I click on the one named Recycle Bin it shows me the recycled files directly. If I click on one of the $Recycle.bin folders there is another folder inside called Recycle Bin that I must click again to see the recycled files. So it's as if that one drive has Recycle Bin at the root level instead of buried inside $Recycle.bin. How can I make the other drives behave this way?

Answer 1

I give you some options

• You need to copy the file named Desktop.ini in Recycle of C drive to the others recycle bin folders

• Create Desktop.ini with this content and set appropriate permissions:

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-8964

For reference you can to read Desktop.ini

Answer 2

Not sure how to mark your answer as correct, but that was the basis of the answer. After reading that I determined that all I had to do was copy and paste the Recycle Bin folder from the drive I wanted (E:) to the other 3 drives and voila, they all look the same now. Thanks.

Answer 3

It doesn't look like I can because I posted as guest. There is no check mark and I can't up vote. I can't even post comments, only new answers. So if some mod is reading place mark the first answer as correct.