Re: Toolbar Button Text

From: jel183\(UK\) (nospam_at_myhome.com)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:38:10 -0000

Thanks, worked a treat... 

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jel183(UK)
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message 
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> 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)" <nospam@myhome.com> wrote in message 
> news:OZKsrqp3EHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> 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 !!
>>
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>> jel183(UK)
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