Okay I get ya. And you're right if the recycle image is on the background the only way to remove it is to modify the background with a paint program.

People, People this is getting way out of hand and even more complicated (for me). I know how to edit the sysmetrix skin by changing things that I can. I do so to every skin I use. All I wanted to know (and maybe this is my fault) is there any way other than editting the bitmap to remove the recycle bin. There isn't from what I can tell. Please this is the part that makes me trip. Instead of keeping things simple and straight forward things get out of hand and the real issues are lost. I thank you for answering my questions even if it took numerious, and some what confusing. All I needed was a simple answer. Tiggz and ChasUGC yall got into the mechanics of skinning about which I have no knowledge about. KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid. I mean no one harm by that but it's how I feel about this stuff.

Look, I'll try one final time. Browse to the sysmetrix theme folder and find the theme. Then, open the main background image of the sysmetrix that you want to change. If the recycle bin image exists in that picture then you have to modify it with a paint program. If it doesn't exist there, then you can delete the image in the sysmetrix configuration. After the KISS insult though, I'm done. We only tried to help you.

I'm real sorry you took offense to the KISS thing. I wasn't trying to insult anybody it's just that after all was said and done I still wasn't (and still isn't) any closer to figureing it out. Again I apologize to anybody who took offense.
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It depends on how the skin was created on how you have to get rid of it. Some people make the bin part of the background, others a dual-state or interactive button and text. If it's part of the background, all you can do is edit it out ( which you don't want to mess with). If it is a button, you can simply it from the theme, but the space for it in the background will still be there. You can either use this space for other info or...... you're back to having to edit the background to remove it.

Hope this helped a little. Editting the background is really simple though. I do it in MSPaint.