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Rename Control Panel.

This setting can be used to change the name "Control Panel" to the name of your choice.

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

Description:

The text “Control Panel” can be changed with a customized text that you what to make appear in its place.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create an Expandable String value “LocalizedString”, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value with the name that you want to appear in place of “Control Panel”.

Important:
We recommend that you copy the data of the “LocalizedString” value in a .txt file and save it at a safe location, so that you may recover it in case of necessity.

However, if you want the original name back, delete the value.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

LocalizedString

Data Type :

REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Desired Name

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

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

The name of the "Control Panel" can be changed to any other name such as 'New Control Panel Name' after the changes have been made in the registry.

The name of the "Control Panel" is set to default.

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

Second, go to the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\] key, right-click on the right pane and click on "New > Expandable String Value" to create a new Expandable String value with the name "LocalizedString".

Third, right-click on the 'LocalizedString' Expandable String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the name you want to appear in the text box provided and click on 'OK'.