How to rename the Recycle Bin in Windows Vista ?



There are multiple tricks that allows you to personalize your Windows desktop. Here one of the coolest: a registry tweak that allows you to modify your Recycle Bin icon label to any value you’ll want.

So here’s how you do it:

Remember! If you use the registry editor incorrectly, you might cause serious problems that might require you to reinstall your operating system. Use the registry editor at your own risk.

  • Backup the registry file. Use instructions provided in section 2 here.
  • Click Start , In the Start Search type Regedit to open your Registry Editor.
  • Browse to My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\.
  • Locate the subkey {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
  • Right Click the Default subkey and click Modify.
  • In the Value Data input box , type the Recycle Bin’s new label – for example: Trash.

  • Click OK
  • Close the Registry Editor
  • In case the Recycle Bin label hasn’t change, click F5

[tags] Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows tips, Windows Tricks, Recycle Bin [/tags]



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  1. [...] Gili tells you how to rename the Recycle Bin in Windows Vista [...]

  2. kurdo says:

    how do i reinstall my recycle bin after accidently deleting. please help thanks! thats on window vista

  3. kim says:

    How can I recover my messages that I accidently deleted from my trash? Is there a way that when my messages are deleted from my inbox instead of going to trash can go to my save folder instead? I see codes that were put in to allow things to go from inbox, to trash but dont know what they mean.

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