it is this one. positive. i had the same issue. ;Turns off the recycle bin delete confirm [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,37,88,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00 Have the same problem, but I have deactivated this option in my reg (during windows install t-12) Did you disable the themese service by accident? also check your winnt.sif