I found a Windows XP bug today. I know it’s an ancient platform, but this one tickled me.
- Turn on single-click file browsing mode.
- Create an empty file on the desktop.
- Drag a rectangle around the new file and the recycle bin.
- Hover your mouse over the new file until it turns darker.
- Press F2 and rename the file.
- The recycle bin win also rename, without any visible way of changing it back.
It’s a curious bug, and I couldn’t understand what I’d done when it happened to me this afternoon. I actually did it twice in one afternoon which is how I worked out what was going on.
The only way to change the name of the recycle bin in Windows versions less than Vista is to go through the registry and edit the name manually.