gHacks technology news » system icons http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Do We Really Need A Software To Rename System Icons? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/02/do-we-really-need-a-software-to-rename-system-icons/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/02/do-we-really-need-a-software-to-rename-system-icons/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:08:39 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7357 Desktop Renamer is a lightweight software that can rename or reset the names of the Windows Recycle Bin, My Computer, My Documents and My Network Places. The software provides a graphical user interface for renaming those four system icons in Windows.

There is however a direct way to rename those icons – and many more – by using the Windows Registry instead with the added advantage that you do not have to run another software on the system.

To rename the system icons start the Windows Registry editor with [Windows R], typing regedit and hitting enter. The Registry path in question is HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \ShellNoRoam \MUICache.

You find many entries under that Registry path and need to scroll down a bit until you find the desired names. The Data column lists the current name of the entry.

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To change an entry simply double-click it and change the Value Data to something else. Changes take effect after rebooting, logging off / on or killing explorer.exe.

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