Renaming The Start Button

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Renaming The Start Button:
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.(ultraEdit)

Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)
With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6
You will see the word start with blanks between each letter
Edit it be any 5 characters or less
Save the file
Boot to DOS
Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org
Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe
You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.
Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.
Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe.

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If anybody wants it in Notepad Format then I will post it later on as

right now few errors occured in attaching it or you may copy paste it in

your pc.

suggestion/addition/alteration are welcomed

NICE SHARING PRATIK , ALL THE THREE ARE GOOD AND USEFUL.

THANKS TO COMPUTER KID

Its Cool, pratik....

Why to rename the start button ?
gud one

by renaming it I mean yo can change font style,SIze,etc...

Baki kam to uska vahi rahega

koi farak nahi padta hain

ha lekin apani theme of XP ke hisab se tum isko bhi change kar sakate ho...

 

here it is also attched in notepad format to download


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