Hi,
Sure, close all your IE Windows, then click Start, then Run, type
"regedit" and click OK.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Extensions. Click the + next to the Extensions key (looks like a
folder if you're not familiar with registry editing in this manner), and
go through each GUID [like {FB5F1910-F110...}] until you get to the
Messenger one. You'll know it's the Messenger one because the Exec and
other string data will point to \Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe.
After you've found it, double-click the ButtonText string, replace it with
Messenger, click OK and exit the editor. Then just reopen IE and you
should see the change immediately (no reboot required).
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jel183(UK) said:
Can someone (Jonathan?) give me the registry edit for changing the
windows messenger icon text on the IE6 toolbar - verson 5.1 (5.1.0639) -
I want it to read 'Messenger' and not 'Windows Messenger' which causes
the button to drop off the end of the toolbar !!
