Wednesday, January 30, 2008

18. Retitle Internet Explorer

By default, Internet Explorer's title bar shows the name of the Web site you're
viewing, followed by "Microsoft Internet Explorer"--or in some cases, your
company's name or the name of the ISP that supplied the browser.

To change the repeating text in IE's title bar (or to get rid of it altogether), navigate to and select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main in the Registry
Editor, and double-click the Window Title icon in the right pane. (If you don't see this icon, right-click in the pane, choose New, String Value, type Window Title, and press).
Type what you want to see on IE's title bar, or type nothing to show only the site name. Note that the hyphen that normally separates the site name from the
page title will remain. When you relaunch Internet Explorer,
you will see the change.

1 Comment:

Lana Gramlich said...

Although these tips are all wonderful, you may want to warn less experienced users that messing with the Windows registry can really mess up their systems if not done correctly.