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Icon name “My Computer” can be changed.

You can change the icon name “My Computer” which is visible on Windows desktop to something else.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting lets you rename “My Computer” icon that is shown on your desktop. The name “My Computer” can be changed to something else as Windows lets you customize it. Some people would prefer to see their name on this icon, say “John’s Computer”, assuming the name to be John, instead of the commonly used “My Computer”.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create the key “{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}”, if this does not exist. Now, change the “Default” value of the key to the name that you want to display in place of “My Computer”.

Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Specifiy the Name

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Name changed for the icon "My Computer".

Default name "My Computer" appears as usual.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}], right-click on "Default" and select 'Modify'.

Finally, write the new name like "John’s Computer" in the textbox provided and click on 'OK'.