I have a comment about Rename the Recycle Bin:

Although the method described in the article will work in W95 and W98 (I know: I've done it), it does not seem to work in WME. However, there is another way that should work. After running RegEdit and going to the location mentioned in the article (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/645...), go down to ShellFolder, double click on Attributes, and change the value there from "40 01 00 20" to "50 01 00 20" (that is, change that first 40 to 50). After making the change and getting out of RegEdit, this will enable the rename option when you right-click on the Recycle Bin icon.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

But the rename recycle bin thing werked for me.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

On Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 7:19 pm, Krezno wrote:
>But the rename recycle bin thing werked for me. Well, even though it worked for me in 95 and 98, it didn't when I tried it in ME, so I figured maybe others were in the same situation. Also, I like the easy ability to change it again if I want without having to mess with RegEdit.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

As others have noted, the procedure for changing the name of the Recycle Bin only works for Windows 95/98. On a system running ME, you should not only change what is described in the article, but also the default key in the following section: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. At this location, rename the default key to the new name. This might be another possible solution. If this doesn't work, replace most instances of "Recycle Bin" with the new name. DO NOT replace any instances that are part of a "dll" string.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

This is a correction to my previous message. In Windows ME, change the default key of the following path to your desired name: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. Then quit regedit and refresh the desktop (F5). This one works! If you want to rewrite the tooltip, use the path in the article at this site and change the corresponding key. -----------------------------------------------------------


On Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 6:21 pm, Sean wrote:
>As others have noted, the procedure for changing the name of the Recycle Bin only
>works for Windows 95/98. On a system running ME, you should not only change what
>is described in the article, but also the default key in the following section:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.
> At this location, rename the default key to the new name. This might be another
>possible solution. If this doesn't work, replace most instances of "Recycle Bin"
>with the new name. DO NOT replace any instances that are part of a "dll" string.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

You people do realize that you can change the properties of the recycle bin threw regedit so that you can just right click>rename it on most windows os's O.o

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Once you change that first # frum 40 to 50, does that mean u can change it bak to 40 'n disable 50? cuz i did that, 'n it didn't work? so how to u disable the rename for recycle bin?


On Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 7:05 pm, DAT wrote:
>I have a comment about Rename
>the Recycle Bin:

>
>Although the method described in the article will work in W95 and W98 (I know: I've
>done it), it does not seem to work in WME. However, there is another way that should
>work.
>
>After running RegEdit and going to the location mentioned in the article (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/645...),
>go down to ShellFolder, double click on Attributes, and change the value there from
>"40 01 00 20" to "50 01 00 20" (that is, change that first 40 to 50).
>
>After making the change and getting out of RegEdit, this will enable the rename option
>when you right-click on the Recycle Bin icon.

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Yes, changing the value back should work. If it doesn't work immediately, reboot (wghich is a good thing to do after any change to the Registry) so that the changed Registry gets loaded.


On Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at 3:57 pm, NeO8744 wrote:
>Once you change that first # frum 40 to 50, does that mean u can change it bak to
>40 'n disable 50? cuz i did that, 'n it didn't work? so how to u disable the rename
>for recycle bin?

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

• Search this forum
• Start a new thread on a different subject

• Report abuse of the forum