Tweak Library – Rename Printers and Faxes.

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Rename Printers and Faxes.

This setting can be used to change the name "Printers and Faxes" to the name of your choice.

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

Description:

The text “Printers and Faxes” 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. Now, right-click and modify the Expandable String value “LocalizedString” to the name that you want to appear in place of “Printers and Faxes”.

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, restore the Value data with default value.

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

NOTE:
In Windows 2000 the item is called “Printers”. Next, the default value for Windows XP and Windows 2003 is “@%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll,-9319”.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-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 :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

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

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

The name of the "Printers and Faxes" 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\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}\] key, right-click on the "LocalizedString" Expandable String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the new name for Printers in the text box provided and click on 'OK'.