Wednesday, April 18, 2007

How to Rename the Recycle Bin

You can't right-click on the Recycle Bin and rename it Bit Bucket or Trash Heap.
To enable rename or delete:
Click Start menu > Run > and type "regedit" (without quotes), to run Windows Registry Editor.
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Find and go to following:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder



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3.Now change the values in the file mentioned below according to your choice.
Name: Attributes
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 40010020 default - can't rename or delete
Value: 50010020 enable right-click Rename icon option
Value: 60010020 enable right-click Delete icon option
Value: 70010020 enable right-click Rename or Delete icon option.


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Now change the value highlighted with red shown above to whichever action you would like to do. The values corresponding to the action are given above.


Another way is, if u don't want the options to display and simply want to rename the recycle bin:

1.Click Start menu > Run > and type "regedit" (without quotes), to run Windows Registry Editor.

2.Find and go to following "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

3.Change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want.

Please Note :Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

hey buddy...
amazin attempt...m sure it will b helpful 2 all...
kewl work...