How to Add 'Delete' Button to Windows 7 Toolbar

Adding the delete button to windows toolbar makes it easier to delete files. There's no need to right-click to  delete files anymore (especially for those who don't or can't use keyboard shortcut to delete, this is one of the method to do it).

Delete toolbar

Step 1

Go to Start Menu. Type 'Regedit' and then press Enter.

Step 2

At the Registry Editor window, go to: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MicrosofT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes

Step 3
In the FolderTypes dropdown-list, look for this:
{5c4f28b5-f869-4e84-8e60-f11db97c5cc7} 

(To verify that you have selected the right key, look at the right-panel. The data of CannonicalName is "Generic." If not, then, you have the wrong one. Please look carefully at the key stated above).

Step 4

Right-click on the key: {5c4f28b5-f869-4e84-8e60-f11db97c5cc7} and select 'Permissions...'. Follow the steps in the picture below:

Step 5

Back in the Permissions dialog, click Administrators and then click on the Full Control checkbox in the Permissions for Administrator section. Click 'Apply' and then OK.

Step 6

Ok. Now to add the toolbar button. Right-click on the 

{5c4f28b5-f869-4e84-8e60-f11db97c5cc7} and select new > key. Rename the new key to TasksItemsSelected. Press Enter.

Then, right-click on the TasksItemsSelected and select new > key. Now, rename the key to 0 (zero). Press Enter.

On the 0 key, right-click and select new > key. Rename the new key as 'Delete'. Press Enter.

Step 7

That's it. The delete toolbar is now added. 

Notes: The delete button will appear only on generic folders as all the steps shown above are to add toolbar only to generic folders. Other folders such as Documents and Pictures will not have the delete toolbar as they have not yet been set. To do that, other registry keys must also be modify. The three keys where you'll probably want this button are: 

{7d49d726-3c21-4f05-99aa-fdc2c9474656}  Documents 

{b3690e58-e961-423b-b687-386ebfd83239}  Pictures

{5fa96407-7e77-483c-ac93-691d05850de8}  Videos

Repeat Step 3 to Step 7 to add the delete toolbar on the Documents and Pictures folders. and on Videos  to allow video files to be deleted. 

Make sure you've selected the right key. To verify this, look at the right-panel. Search for CannonicalName and look at the 'data' field.

Tested OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit)

Tutorial by basicxtutorial.