Registry Clean and Repair

Did you know that you can easily change the “My Computer” label on your desktop by editing the registry?

Find this key in the registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

By the way, if you have trouble finding this key, you may just want to do a search instead for “20D04FE0″ or something similar.

You’ll find something there called LocalizedString. Just rename it to something else like LocalizedString.old.

Then create a new one.

OR

Just edit the string directly but be careful!

Replace the text there with:

%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%

That’s it! Just reboot and see your work!

I recommend backing up either the single registry key or even the entire registry before making these or any other registry changes. The registry is easy to accidentally corrupt yourself if you’re not careful. Of course, the best registry cleaner software will usually have backup facilities built in saving you a lot of trouble.