Saturday, September 6, 2008

How to rename Windows Recycle Bin

Generally windows do not allow you to rename the recycle bin but with little effort we can do it. To do this we are going to change windows registry. So I suggest back up or make system restore point before you going to play with registry. And be careful If you edit something wrong you r whole system will be crash or will not work properly.

Open registry (windows + R and type regedit in RUN box)

Go

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT-->

CLSID-->

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}-->

ShellFolder

In "shellFolder" change the "Attributes" data value from "40 01 00 20" to "50 01 00 20"
After that (to edit just double click on the shellFolder )
Double click on "CallForAttributes" and set "Value Data " to "0".

That's all .now get off from registry . now you can rename Recycle bin like any other icon. So set any name you want like "Garbage truck".