How to Change Internet Explorer Title Bar Caption?

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Have you ever wondered how people change their Internet Explorer window titlebar text?

Many times you must have noticed some special titlebar captions in Internet Explorer. Most of the times you see them in customized Internet Explorer setups like Yahoo! version, etc.

Here is a small tutorial which will help you in change the Internet Explorer window titlebar caption to your desired text.

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

3. In right-side pane, create a new String value Window Title and set its value to your desired text.

4. That's it. Launch Internet Explorer and see your changed caption instantly.

NOTE: You can also use this tutorial in case the titlebar caption has changed automatically and you want to revert it back to default. Just delete the "Window Title" key and it'll fix the problem.

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Shane

I have been interested in changing this for a while, thanks for this VG.
pervez

still have a problem in my title bar name. coz of that i cant view my regedit command more than 30 second its appear and hide suddenly.
VG

^^ Your system seems infected. Pls post your HijackThis log file in following topic:

http://www.askvg.com/is-your-system-infected-with-a-virus-spyware-adware-trojan/
atiq

its not working in win vista
VG

^^ As you can see the screenshot has been taken from Vista itself. It'll definitely work. :)
Manojit

thanks
ANY SIMILIAR THINGS FOR FIREFOX / SAFARY / MAXTHON ???
VG

^^ You can change the Firefox titlebar using "Nightly Tester Tools" extension:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-broken-firefox-extensions-and-make-them-compatible-with-new-version/
nadeefa

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

where can we find it?
VG

^^ Type "regedit" in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open registry editor, then follow the path.
sudhi

thanks for ur all tip.acchualy u r doing great job