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Change My Computer icon text on desktop (For Windows 2000).
You can display the name of the currently logged in user along with the computer name as My Computer icon text.
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Description:
Windows shows my computer as the text associated to the icon on desktop. But, you can change the name to display the currently logged in username along with computer name in the format user name on compute name. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and search the hkey_current_user registry path listed below. Now, check the string value default and delete the value data contents, if the key exists. In the second step, navigate to the hkey_classes_root registry path given below and rename the string value localizedstring to localizedstring-default. Finally, again go to start > run menu, enter regedt32 (this is essential for multi-string and expandable string values in windows 2000) and navigate to the hkey_classes_root registry path listed below. Here, create an expandable string value by the same name localizedstring, and input the value data as %username% on %computername%. However, if you want to get the original name back, delete the new localizedstring value and rename the default value to localizedstring. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect.
Level: Recommended For Experts Only
Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\] |
Location: Current User |
Value Name: Default |
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) |
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Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Deleted |
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Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\] |
Location: Root |
Value Name: LocalizedString |
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Rename |
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Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\] |
Location: Root |
Value Name: LocalizedString |
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value) |
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Action Type: Add an Entry |
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit". |
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Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\]</b> key, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Delete". |
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Third, go to the <b>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\]</b> key, right-click on the "LocalizedString" String value and click on "Rename" to change the name to "LocalizedString-default". |
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Fourth, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit32". |
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Fifth, go to the <b>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\]</b> key, click on the "File" menu and click on "Add Value". |
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Sixth, enter the value "LocalizedString" in the text box and click on 'OK'. |
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Finally, enter the value "%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%" in the text box and click on 'OK'. |
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