1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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I-93 Problem: You’re tired of looking at the same the Printer icons in the start menu and want to change them to a custom set. The following registry entry lets you do so.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{2227A280-
3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon
Value Name: <No Name>
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Printer.ico,2

The number 2 is the number of the icon in the file you want displayed. In this case, 2 specifies the third icon because the first icon in a file is numbered 0. If no number is used, the default is 0.

I-94 Problem: You’re tired of looking at the same the dialup networking icon in the start menu and want to change it to a custom icon. The following registry entry lets you do so.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{a4d92740-
67cd-11cf-96f2-00aa00a11dd9}\DefaultIcon
Value Name: <No Name>
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Network.ico,2

The number 2 is the number of the icon in the file you want displayed. In this case, 2 specifies the third icon because the first icon in a file is numbered 0. If no number is used, the default is 0.

I-95 Problem: You are tired of looking at the same the MS Office Binder icon in the start menu. To change it to a custom icon, change the following registry entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{59850400-6664-101B-
B21C-00AA004BA90B}\DefaultIcon
Value Name: <No Name>
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Office.ico,2

The number 2 is the number of the icon in the file you want displayed. In this case, 2 specifies the third icon, because the first icon in a file is numbered 0. If no number is used, the default is 0.

I-96 Problem: You want to rename the Recycle Bin. You right-click on the Recycle Bin icon, but renaming it isn’t an option. Modify the following key under ShellFolder.

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: CLSID\{645FF040-508I-101B-9F08-
00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
Value Name: Attributes
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 50010020

Now right-click the Recycle Bin, and you can rename the icon.

I-97 Problem: You want to delete the Recycle Bin Icon. Right-clicking on the icon brings up the menu, but it has no delete option. Modify the following key under ShellFolder.

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-
00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
Value Name: Attributes
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 60010020

Now right-click the Recycle Bin, and you can delete the icon.

I-98 Problem: You have deleted the Recycle Bin and now you want it back. Modify this registry entry and everything will be back as it was.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

Add the following key:

Key: {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA 002F954E}
Value Name:
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: Recycle Bin

Press F5 to refresh the key, and there’s the recycle bin.

I-99 Problem: You want to rename the Inbox. You right-click the Inbox icon, but renaming it isn’t an option. Try this registry modification.

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: CLSID\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-
000000000046}\ShellFolder

Modify the following value under ShellFolder:

Value Name: Attributes
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 50000000

Now right-click the Inbox, and you can rename the icon.

I-100 Problem: You want to delete the Inbox Icon. Right-clicking on the icon brings up the menu, but deleting it isn’t an option. Try this registry modification.

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: CLSID\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-
000000000046}\ShellFolder

Modify the following value under ShellFolder:

Value Name: Attributes
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 60000000

Now right-click the Inbox, and you can delete the icon.


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