I accidently deleted my recycle bin unstead of emptying it...?

I've got Vista and I'll do my best to walk you through it (I too think you just deleted it from your desktop).

Click on the Vista logo (bottom right hand corner).

Click on Computer (half way up on the right hand side)

Now, if you see the Recycle bin on the bottom left hand side - yippee you are almost done. Go to "Once you found it below"

If not, we gotta search for it.

Searching:

I'm going to assume you haven't searched before...

Click on Help and select View Help.

Type in Find Folder in the bar at the top and then select Find a File or Folder.

Click the second option (to find a file or folder using the search folder).

About 2/3 of the way down it says click here to open search.

Now a white band appears. Underneath the white band is the Advanced tab - click on it.

Choose the one that the C: in it (you don't need to search in D:

Type in the name field: $Recycle.bin

Hit the search button.

Once you found it:

Right click on the one that says File (not file folder)

Select Send To and select desktop.

Deep breath - you did it!

I don't know why would Bill Gates create Vista if your allowed to delete the recycle bin. I have XP but maybe you could go to Search at the Start button and write Recyle Bin.

Method #1:

Right-click an empty area of your desktop

Select Properties

Click the Desktop tab

Click the Customize button

Click Restore Default

Exit all windows and restart your computer.

Method #2:

Note: Be sure to make a backup copy of your registry prior to making any changes.

Go to Start>> Run. Type in: regedit [Enter]

Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

Hold the mouse on NameSpace and right-click once.

From the resulting menu, select Edit>> New>> Key

Copy and Paste the following Key code (including the brackets): {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Press Enter on your keyboard, exit the registry editor and restart your system.

Source: http://www.5starsupport.com/xp-faq/1-24.htm

Go to this link to download a fix: http://www.5starsupport.com/xp-faq/1-24.htm

You probably only deleted the icon from your desktop. The Recycle bin is still there somewhere. Click on start, go to programs and look for the recycle bin. Alternately, right click on start, go to explore and look for the recycle bin.

How did you delete it? XP won't let you delete it at all. Not by right-clicking, not by the delete key.

Maybe in command prompt, but not by what you are talking about.