I have a comment about Rename the Recycle Bin:

(1) There's no option to change the bin's name via the 'Properties' menu item in my version of XP Pro.
(2) Changing the 'Attributes' to 50 01 00 20 via Regedit (see XP Annoy book p112) doesn't generate 'Rename' option either.
Help!

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Attributes figure doesn't look right.......... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder] "Attributes"=hex:70,10,00,20 "CallForAttributes"=dword:00000040


On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 10:16 am, Adrian Kentleton wrote:
>I have a comment about Rename
>the Recycle Bin:

>(1) There's no option to change the bin's name via the 'Properties' menu item in
>my version of XP Pro.
>
(2) Changing the 'Attributes' to 50 01 00 20 via Regedit (see XP Annoy book p112)
>doesn't generate 'Rename' option either.
>
Help!

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.......or you can do it automatically by going here and choosing # 115........http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 5:07 pm, Clark wrote:
>Attributes figure doesn't look right..........
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
>"Attributes"=hex:70,10,00,20
>"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000040
>
>

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This tweak no longer appears to work. I manually edited the registry key, then compared the .reg file below to one for this key from my registry. They are identical. Still, no rename option in the right-click menu, or the properties. I have a brand new machine with a brand new & up-to-date copy of XP Pro. This may be a very recent "feature". I'd still be interested in being able to rename it.


On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 5:11 pm, Clark wrote:
>.......or you can do it automatically by going here and choosing # 115........http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>

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I'll have to check this out.........I re-named mine (rubbish bin), but it has been so long that I forgot how I did it..........re-post this question in a day or so.


On Friday, February 14, 2003 at 8:51 am, Erik wrote:
>This tweak no longer appears to work. I manually edited the registry key, then compared
>the .reg file below to one for this key from my registry. They are identical. Still,
>no rename option in the right-click menu, or the properties.
>
>I have a brand new machine with a brand new & up-to-date copy of XP Pro. This may
>be a very recent "feature". I'd still be interested in being able to rename it.
>

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Try this method, it worked for me (I am using Windows XP Pro without Service Pack 
1): Create a new text document on the desktop then copy and paste the text below 
into it, then rename the .txt to .reg and double click the file -

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20

"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

________________






On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 10:16 am, Adrian Kentleton wrote:
>I have a comment about Rename 
>the Recycle Bin:

>(1) There's no option to change the bin's name via the 'Properties' menu item in 
>my version of XP Pro.
>
(2) Changing the 'Attributes' to 50 01 00 20 via Regedit (see XP Annoy book 
p112) 
>doesn't generate 'Rename' option either.
>
Help!

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I have Windows XP for pros on a new computer. Could not rename recycle bin until I found a patch at the following site. It worked for me, Hank http://www.windowsxpatoz.com/cgi-bin/userinterface/index.cgi?answer=1036237145&id=1036228650


On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 10:16 am, Adrian Kentleton wrote:
>I have a comment about Rename
>the Recycle Bin:

>(1) There's no option to change the bin's name via the 'Properties' menu item in
>my version of XP Pro.
>
(2) Changing the 'Attributes' to 50 01 00 20 via Regedit (see XP Annoy book p112)
>doesn't generate 'Rename' option either.
>
Help!

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dude this still will work do the edit, and then just click on the recycle bin and then press f2 and you will have highlighted the recycle bin which is waiting to be renamed


On Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 9:35 am, Tim wrote:

>Try this method, it worked for me (I am using Windows XP Pro without Service Pack 
>1): Create a new text document on the desktop then copy and paste the text below 
>into it, then rename the .txt to .reg and double click the file -
>
>________________
>
>REGEDIT4
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
>"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
>
>"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000
>
>________________
>
>
 
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Matt - worked a treat -Thanks ...... for any other thickO's (like me) ... Heres a little more info..... .... copy the text starting just before "Regedit4" to the end of "call for atributes...0000..." ..... past it into a blank document created by "notepad" ....(I removed those text arrows that sometimes appear on the left when you cut and paste)....... save on the desktop ..... I saved mine as ... "bin" ..... then doubble clicked and re-opened it and "saved as" and typed "bin.reg" in the file name box......Save. This produces another "Registration Entries" type file on the desktop also called "bin" .... its like a Text file with a bunch of little blue boxes on it... Doubble click this and a message appears to confirm the registry has been updated...... OK.... I then pressed F2 as instructed and thought it had failed ..... nothing changed.....its only when you right click on the "Rubbish Bin" that it becomes apparent that there is now an option to "Rename"...... Rename .... and ...Enter..! Great work Matt ..... can there be any side effects?


On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 12:15 am, Matt wrote:
>
>dude this still will work do the edit, and then just click on the recycle bin and
>then press f2 and you will have highlighted the recycle bin which is waiting to be
>renamed
>
>
>
>

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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.




On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 10:16 am, Adrian Kentleton wrote:
>I have a comment about Rename
>the Recycle Bin:

>(1) There's no option to change the bin's name via the 'Properties' menu item in
>my version of XP Pro.
>
(2) Changing the 'Attributes' to 50 01 00 20 via Regedit (see XP Annoy book p112)
>doesn't generate 'Rename' option either.
>
Help!

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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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I tried all the suggestions in the thread here and it didn't work. So, I opened 'Regedit' and searched for the string which my Recycle Bin had got renamed to. I found it in this location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} The 'Default' had to be renamed in the right pane to 'Recycle Bin'.


On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 10:16 am, Adrian Kentleton wrote:
>I have a comment about Rename
>the Recycle Bin:

>(1) There's no option to change the bin's name via the 'Properties' menu item in
>my version of XP Pro.
>
(2) Changing the 'Attributes' to 50 01 00 20 via Regedit (see XP Annoy book p112)
>doesn't generate 'Rename' option either.
>
Help!

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(XP) Nice one; best hack I've seen for this. I'm running 'home', and alot of hacks seem built for pro, so they could never be done. This cuts to the chase, and works.

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