Personalize your Internet Explorer Title Bar

Learn to change the text in your Internet Explorer Title Bar

There are two ways to accomplish that. One is by manually adding a string in the registry and the other is by automatically adding that string. Both ways are relatively simple to use.

1) Manually adding a string

First, open regedit (Start -> Run -> type regedit -> Click OK). Now, navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] -> Software -> Microsoft -> Internet Explorer -> Main. You will see something like that:

All you have to do is to right click on an empty space select New -> String Value,

rename the newly created string in Window Title

and add a desirable Value Name, in our example Microsoft Internet Explorer powered by Tutorial5



Click OK, close regedit and we are done.

2) Automatically adding a string

To accomplish this you need to create a new Notepad document. In this document you have to write the following:

RegistryEditorVersion

[RegistryPath]
"DataItemName"="DataValue"

where

a) RegistryEditorVersion is Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server or REGEDIT4 for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0.

b) [RegistryPath] is the registry path were you want to import

c) “DataItemName” is the string name

d) “DataValue” is what we will see on the Title Bar

So, the file will look like:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Window Title"="Microsoft Internet Explorer powered by Tutorial5"

Now, save the file with any name (is not important for the registry), change its extension from [name].txt into [name].reg. Double click it, confirm its integration into registry and check your result.

If you followed this tutorial correctly you should get something like that, it doesn’t matter what way you will use, the result is the same.

***Disclaimer: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to repair or reinstall your Microsoft Windows operating system. Tutorial5.com is not responsible for this in any way.***

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