Saturday, May 21, 2011

How to change your Recycle Bin folder name

Hey can u change the name of Recycle Bin in your system. Try it if u can rename it.
Don't worry it's not a very tough job. Its very simple, and all about the Registry

(Tip:Before doing any changes in the Registry you should Backup the Registry)



  • First click on Start button and click on Run option
  • Type here regedit and press enter regedit editor will appear.
  • In regedit editor you will open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder, then open folder CLSID folder then open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder, then ShellFolder folder.
  • Then you will see "Default"  ;  "Attributes"  ;and "Callforattributes" option.
  • Right click on "Attributes" and click "modify"
  • Here simply change the data value from "40 01 00 20" to "70 01 00 20".
Now after all this Restart your computer ,then right click on your "Recycle Bin" icon , you will find "rename" option on thv Recycle Bin.
Just rename with the name you want.

1 comment:

  1. Hey nice job, can you please post a trick on folder lock.

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