Problem renaming DVD icons

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We are having a problem renaming (re-labeling) our DVD drive icons on an HP
Media Center PC running Windows XP Media Center 2005. Initially, we had
icons in 'My Computer' for one hard drive, two DVD drives, and four Media
Reader Drives. We repartitioned the hard drive and added 3 more logical
drives. We reassigned all drive letters so that the logical drives would
follow the primary hard drive partition.

In the process, we also gave the DVD drives and Media Reader drives more
intuitive names. This way their icons in 'My Computer' would be better
described than with the original labels. The media reader drive icons were
'Renamed' from the context menu in 'My Computer,' while the DVD drive icons
had to be changed from the 'Properties' dialog on the context menu (there is
no RENAME option).

All went well until we noticed that we had somehow given the two DVD drive
icons names that were actually for the readers and vice-a-versa. We renamed
the media reader drive icons with no problem, but when we went to rename the
DVD drive icons from their 'Properties' dialog, as before, we could not
rename them. It is as if the icon name listed on the 'General' tab of the
'Properties' dialog has been locked. We can type, but nothing shows.

How can we unlock the DVD drive icon properties, in 'My Computer,' so that
we can change the names? We realize that this name changes temporarily
while a DVD/CD is inserted in the drive. We are talking about the default
name or label for the icon when it is empty.
 
The default drive names for the DVD drives, displayed in 'My Computer,' can
be changed in the Windows registry. The easiest way is to search the
registry for the current name of the drive you want to change, excluding the
drive letter appended to the end of the drive label or name. If you have
found the right registry key you will note that it is in the Microsoft
Windows Explorer section of the registry where your drives are all listed.
Each drive has a 'Default Name' key that you can edit. Simply edit the
desired name and replace it with the new name. After making the change,
your DVD drive label should be properly displayed in 'My Computer.' Be sure
to backup your Windows registry before making any modifications.
 
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