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Step 1
Select the icon you want to rename.
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Step 2
Decide on a new name for the icon. Make sure you select something that is logical to you given the program or function associated with that icon. Names that make sense to you are names you are more likely to remember rather than confuse yourself with later.
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Step 3
Right-click the icon.
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Step 4
Select "Rename" toward the bottom of the options listed in the pop-up box.
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Step 5
Type the new name you selected for the icon in the highlighted space.
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Step 6
Click anywhere on the screen outside the icon to set the name change.
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Step 7
The new name you selected for the icon should appear beneath the icon where the old name was. The new name is now permanently associated with that icon.










Comments
dcole said
on 3/17/2009 You can also press F2 to rename an icon. This is one of my 'related articles' to my article on making desktop icons (http://www.ehow.com/how_4851155_highly-useful-icons-windows-desktop.html).