How To Change Drive Icons And Labels How to change Drive icons and labels (Windows XP,2000) To change Drive icon: 1- Click Start > Click Run > type “regedit” to run Registry Editor 2- Find following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer 3-create a new Key and name “DriveIcons” 4- Under DriveIcons create a new Key with the drive letter ( for example C ), within drive letter create a new key and name “DefaultIcon”. 5- Give the default value , the icon you want to use, for example : c:\windows\system32/shell32.dll,74 To change Drive Label: Do step one and two Under DriveIcons create a new Key with the drive letter ( for example C ), within drive letter create a new key and name “DefaultLabel”. Give the Default Value, the label you want. For example Windows. Close Registry Editor and reboot your Computer Note: editing the registry may damage your system. Please create a restore points before any changes.