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Change what IE4 calls itself in the title-bar. *NOTE: This also works on Internet Explorer 5.

Update 03/05/01: I thought in ie5 you went to HKLM\...\ but it didn't work for me this time. I used XSetup to change the title and found out that it put it in HKCU\..\. Go figure...


This is a pretty simple registry-hack that you can use to make Internet explorer's title-bar say what you'd like.

1. Start Regedit and go to the following key:

Internet Explorer 5:
HKEY_USERS\{userCLSID}\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
where {userCLSID} is the unique identifier of the user whose ie title you're changing

Internet explorer 4:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

It might say something like "Microsoft Internet Explorer" or "Internet Explorer provided by MSN."


2. Look for the Window Title item. Right click (or Edit) and select Modify.

Change the string value to whatever you like. In my case, I chose to keep it simple with "IE4."

3. Close Regedit. The next time you start Internet explorer, the title-bar should have the new title you chose.

*NOTE: in-case you didn't know: all the rest of that stuff in the IE4 title-bar (computer cusomizing...) is supplied by whatever web-site you're at in the <title> tag.

That's it!


*NOTE: XSetup (by Xteq) lets you change ie's title quickly and easily. XSetup lets you change just about EVERY windows setting that can be changed quickly and easily. Definitely check it out!



Related Links:

This tweak is also available at:

The Internet Explorer info site

and

Active Windows Registry tweaks section

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