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There are a number of special system folders on desktop like Recycle Bin,Network Neighborhood, My Computer etc... that refuses to go away
If you right click on these u'll find that the delete, rename, cut, copy, paste options are missing. However they CAN be deleted. The key lies in the registry editor.
Simply follow these steps

• Open Registry editor by typing regedit in Run
• Locate following Key

• In the left side(under NameSpace) U'll see some unique CLSID Key(standing for Class ID) Each CLSID is associated with individual special system folder on desktop. Here are some CLSID keys and their corresponding System folders

My Computer: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-82D8-08002B30309D}

Recycle Bin: {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Network Neighborhood: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-O8002B30309D}

Inbox : {00020D76-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Printers: {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-O8002B30309D}

Control Pannel: {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

My Briefcase: {85BBD920-42AO-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}

History: {FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}

DIAL-Up Networking: {992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD01CCC48}

To delete these special system folders from desktop, simply delete their corresponding CLSID key in registry.

For Example if you want to delete the recycle bin folder from the desktop just delete the following regisry

To add Rename and Delete optios in context menu change the attribute value to 70 01 00 20

YOU CAN HAVE MORE FUN with this CLSID key. You can disguise any folder to any special System Folder. to do so select a folder, right click and select Rename. In its Name put a "."(dot) followed by the CLSID Code of the system folder you want it to look like.

For example if you want to make a folder look like Recycle bin, Rename it to

"Foldername".{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}