Change the name of your Recycle Bin
By: Arie SlobTo Change the name of your Recycle Bin:
- Start the Registry Editor
- Search (Ctrl+F) for Recycle Bin
- Make sure the check boxes of Keys, Values and Data are checked and click Find Next
- At the first result, double-click the result and edit the "Recycle Bin" occurrence to whatever you prefer to call it
- Press F3 or Find Next in the Find window
- Cycle between step 4 and 5 until no more occurrences of "Recycle Bin" are found
- Close the registry editor and restart Windows
You can also add Rename to the right-click context menu of the recycle bin. To do so:
- Start the Registry Editor
- Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ CLSID \ {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
- Select the ShellFolder
- Select the Attributes key, right-click and choose Modify
- Change the value from 40 01 00 20 to read 50 01 00 20
- Close the registry editor