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re: Question about 'Rename the Recycle Bin'
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 1:19 pm
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Posted by rickb41 (3 messages posted)


this works on xp 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type regedit and press enter. 3. Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder 4. Open the CLSID folder 5. Open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}folder 6. Open the ShellFolder folder 7. Change the "Attributes Data value from "40 01 00 20" to . Windows XP users rename this to "70 01 00 20". after you change the 40 to 70 then right click on the recycle bin then goto EXPLOER HIGHTLIGHT THE REYCYCLE BI CLICK ON FILE RENAME DONE IF YOU DON'T WANT A NAME JUST THE ICON Make sure the NumLock key in on. Hold down the Alt key while typing 0160 on your number pad. 4. After typing in 0160, let go of the Alt key. You’ll see a blank space inserted with your cursor. 5. Press Enter to save the new name.


On Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 6:33 pm, Gayle wrote:
>I followed the instructions in Annoyances.org regarding renaming the recycle bin
>manually. When I got to "Double-click Default and type the new name" the window
>would not let me type in it. I would appreciate any help you can give me with this.
> It's not important, but it is a challenge! Thanks in advance.
>
>


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Question about 'Rename the Recycle Bin' (Gayle: Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 6:33 pm)

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-Question about 'Rename the Recycle Bin' (Gayle: Sat, Sep 18, 2004, 6:33 pm)
*re: Question about 'Rename the Recycle Bin' (triplate: Sat, Sep 18, 2004, 7:22 pm)
*re: Question about 'Rename the Recycle Bin' (rickb41: Wed, Nov 3, 2004, 1:19 pm)
*re: Question about 'Rename the Recycle Bin' (Quijote: Tue, Feb 22, 2005, 1:27 am)
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