Windows Recycle Bin does not refresh after being emptied

After emptying the Recycle Bin, you would expect the desktop icon to refresh from a full Recycle Bin to an empty one. However, if your Recycle Bin was ever deleted from the desktop, this simple functionality may no longer work. To resolve this situation...

1. From the Desktop Icon Settings window, click the icon labeled Recycle Bin (full).
2. Click Change Icon.... The Change Icon window will display.
3. Click Browse, and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll.
4. Scroll through the icons and select the empty Recycle Bin then click OK.
5. Back at the Desktop Icon Settings window, you will repeat this same process for the icon labeled Recycle Bin (empty), only this time you will select the full Recycle Bin image. Click: OK once this is done.
6. Click Apply.
7. Now simply reverse the changes you just completed. Click Recycle Bin (full) and change the icon to the full Recycle Bin image. Click Recycle Bin (empty) and change the icon to the empty Recycle Bin image.
8. Click OK to close the Desktop Icon Settings window. The Recycle Bin should now function as you would expect: When full, it will display the full icon. When empty, it will display the empty icon.