Give the system folder ‘My Computer’ a name Windows XP

You want to give Windows a personalized look and want to change the name of the ‘My Computer’ folder.

With a registry entry, it is possible to change the name.

1. Start with ‘Start | Run’, ‘regedit’ and click on ‘OK’ and then open Registry Editor and navigate to ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069- A2D8-08002B30309D}’.
2. Then doubleclick on ‘Default’ placed on the right side of the editor.
3. Enter the desired name you wish to give ‘My Computer’ in the ‘value’ field, e.g. ‘Doctor’.
4. Confirm the entry and close the editor.
5. This change is applicable only for the currently logged on user.
6. If you wish to rename the ‘My Computer’ space for other users as well, you must login from the relevant user account and go through the settings and give a difffferent name.