Inspired by this Reddit post by u/DARKplayz_
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- Download the two icons ending with
empty.ico
andfull.ico
- Open the the Settings app and go to Personalization > Themes > Desktop Icon Settings > Change Icon and Apply Icons
- Change the icons for Recycle Bin (full) the icon ending with
full.ico
and Recycle Bin (empty) withempty.ico
- Open Registry Editor and go to HKey_Current_User > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > CLSID > {645FF...} > DefaultIcon
- Click on each file (Default, empty, and full) and in the Value Data add a comma and 0 at the end after .ico and hit okay (it will look like
.ico,0
)
Credits: https://reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/uvtdbx/cat_bin/i9nn1pq/
- Download the
RecycleBinThemes.ps1
file - Right click the file > Run with Powershell
- Fork the repo
- Make directory with the name of your icon theme, inside the
themes
directory. Make sure to have the following file structure:
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico
└── preview.gif
- Add your theme name to the
RecycleBinThemes.ps1
file to the$supported_themes
array - Create GIF of your theme in action. Make sure you set the your wallpaper to the color
#2d7d9a
. This is so that all the previews have a similar style. - Send a pull request :)