Dec 12009

Renaming your RecycleBin

Posted by Yousuf Bhavnagarwala
Filed under Windows Tips N Tricks

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Renamimg the Re-cycle Bin:
Because this tip involves editing the registry, please strongly consider backing up the registry first.

1. Click the Start button and select Run . In the dialogue box, enter regedit and click OK

Screenshot 1

2. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
ShellNoRoam\MUICache\ and double-click the entry titled @C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll,-8964.
Change its Value data: to whatever you want to call your recycle bin.

Screenshot 2

3.Close the registry editor, and right-click on an empty part of your desktop. Select Refresh.

4.And your recycle bin should now be called whatever you named it!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 3:00 pm and is filed under Windows Tips N Tricks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Renaming your RecycleBin”

  1. Umang on December 4th, 2009 at 12:56 am
    Always wondered how to change the recycle bin's name to some thing coooool but never figured out a way to do. Useful and simple post!

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