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Does anyone know how I can rename the Desktop icon at the root of the tree in explorer? I'm talking about the icon circled in red in this screenshot:

desktopicon.png

Trying to keep everything looking uniform. :)


Posted

You can try taking a hack at changing this but I have no idea if it'll work. Something as basic as the Desktop is bound to be hardcoded into the binaries of windows.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="Desktop"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="Desktop"

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I don't mind a little reshacking/hex editing if someone can point me to the right file. I'll give that a try though, thanks.

Edit: No dice on the registry keys. Unless it requires a reboot or something, but I can't do that at the moment.

Edit #2: While I'm at it, anyone know how to rename the control panel? :|

Posted

outrigged.fs.png

I've figured it out. String table 261 in shell32.dll, second string in the group. The string that controls the name of the control panel is right above it. Working perfectly now. :)

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I think I'm going to start ResHacking every windows file just to see what's inside, there seems to be a lot of hidden goodies to find.

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