Put a name on the taskbar

[Jackie]

This little trick allows you to customize the taskbar by inserting a name of your choice next to the Windows clock. We also offer a small VBS script to simplify this change.

To insert a name of your choice in the taskbar, we will intervene in the registry.

Note that it is advisable to limit the text to 8 characters long to avoid problems with displays of the taskbar.

• Open Regedit (Start, Run and then type regedit ...)
  
  
• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ International
  
  
• Create or change the value chain s1159 and s2359 and give their value as the text of your choice (8 characters). Please indicate the same value for these two keys.
  
  
• To enable the display is visible, it must also change the time format:
  
  
• Create or change the value chain sTimeFormat and give it to HH: mm tt.
  
  
• Restart Windows so that the changes are implemented.
  
  
• Now we focus to the values that we have to change. The key s1159 is used to specify the text or symbol used for the hours before noon to 12pm format. Its default is AM. The key s2359 when it is used to specify the text or symbol used for the afternoon hours for the format 12h. Its default is PM. These defaults are not set on the French versions of Windows. Finally, the key sTimeFormat is the time format. It defaults to the French versions of Windows is HH: mm: ss. For the U.S. version, the default is hh: mm: ss tt. The tt so can display the AM or PM (05:18 PM to 17:27 for example).
  
  
• In this trick, so we hijacked this feature not used in our default versions of Windows to display text of our choice.
  
  
• You can also use the VBS script that will make the changes to the registry for you.
  
  
• After double clicking the file vbs, offers a window to enter the text of your choice:
  
  
• Note that if the value of the key in the registry already exists, it is present in the input field.
  
  
• After validating and restarted the computer, the name will appear in the taskbar:
  
• Finally, if you want to delete the name in the taskbar, simply leave the field blank, which will have the effect of leaving empty values for keys s1159 and s2359.

PS: this script making changes to the registry, it is normal for your anti-virus notify you of a potential hazard. No problem so you can run the script without problems!

[simonwait]

Sorry, where is the script? Thanks in advance

[Sheru]

Sorry, where is the script? Thanks in advance

Script actually refers to the points that are given by Jackie. It is actually that article that is given by him which deals with the changes in the registry. Script does not mean to be a software language script. He mistakenly wrote script instead of article.