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re: 'Rename the Recycle Bin'
Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 11:50 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by CLL
(2 messages posted)
Actually, you don't need to make a new LocalizedString value. Just rename the old
one so that Windows won't see it, and use "(Default)" to set the name.
On Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 10:05 am, CLL wrote:
>I'm running Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 and this is what I found.
>
>In the registry, where the directions say to change the "(Default)" key to the name
>you want, I found this didn't work. But something they could have changed in SP2
>-- There is a value labeled "LocalizedString" that has something like "@%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll,-8964"
>in it -- that is the recycle bin's name right there - it gets the name from Shell32.dll.
>
>Don't go modifying the Shell32.dll file -- I have found that simply changing it
to
>whatever name you want (eg. Scrap Can or whatever you want) without quotes and go
>back to desktop, press F5 to refresh, and it should change.
>
>However I do suggest that you rename the "LocalizedString" to "LocalizedString_old"
>or something and just make a new "LocalizedString" as a String Value in case something
>goes wrong/doesn't work and you need the old value back.
>
>
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