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"Rex" <Rex@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > That's fine with me. Almost as soon as I learned the ropes of
Windows
> > > > 98 when I got my computer, I changed "My Documents" to "Documents."
> > >
> > > Ditto......... but aarrgh, I have forgotton.
> > > I have my recycle renamed and recall tinkering in the
> > > registry;
> > > Please remind how to do it.
> >
> > Click Start / Run
> > Type REGEDIT and press enter.
> > Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder
> > Open the CLSID folder
> > Open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}folder
> > Open the ShellFolder folder
> >
> > Change the "Attributes Data value from "40 01 00 20" to "50 01 00 20".
> > [Windows XP users should rename this to "70 01 00 20".]
> ---------
> Hello Hugh,
> I have my Recycle done in the above manner, but, it is done this
> way in Win98. eg, 70 01 00 20. and not xp.
> (not sure if that is just trivial info, but it has been like that for
> quite a while, and Win98 never balked at it.)
> Which file in the Reg is the correct one for renaming My Documents,
> and what is the correct numeric config for making it so?
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/61/
>
> ..Rex..
>
> ----------------------------------------
> >
> > Windows XP users
> >
> > Right click on the Recycle Bin desktop icon and click Explorer.
> > With your Recycle Bin highlighted click File and Rename.
> >
> > All other Windows users [After performing the above steps
> > you will be able to rename the icon like any other icon.]
> >
> > Right click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop and click Rename