HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}
4. In the left pane of regedit, right click on the
{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93} key and click on
Permissions. (see screenshot below)
5. In
Windows 7, do the following below in order below to
take ownership and
full control of this registry key, and go to
step 7 below. (see example screenshot below)
A) Click on the
Advanced button.
B) Click on the
Owner tab.
C) Select your
Administrator account.
D) Click on
OK.
E) At the top, select the
Administrators group.
F) At the bottom, check the
Allow box to the right of
Full Control.
G) Click on
OK.
6. In
Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, or Windows RT 8.1, you will need to
take ownership (step 3 of Option Three at link) of the
DefaultIcon key, set
permissions (step 4 of Option Two at link) to "Allow" Administrators "Full Control" of the
DefaultIcon key, and go to
step 7 below.
7. In the right pane of regedit, double click/tap on
LocalizedString to modify it, and do
step 8 or 9 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below)
8. To Rename "Homegroup" in the Navigation Pane
A) Type in any name that your would like, click/tap on
OK, and go to
step 10 below. (see screenshot below)
9. To Restore the Default "Homegroup" Name in the Navigation Pane
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Copy and paste the value below, click/tap on
OK, and go to
step 10 below. (see screenshot below)
@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-50688
10. Close regedit.
11. If Windows Explorer (Windows 7/8) or File Explorer (Windows 8.1) is open, then close and reopen them to see the change.
That's it,