sazz 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2005 (edited) To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.My preference is UltraEdit 1. Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe) 2. With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6 3. You will see the word start with blanks between each letter 4. Edit it be any 5 characters or less 5. Save the file 6. Boot to DOS 7. Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org 8. Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe 9. 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: 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon. 3. Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe Edited November 1, 2005 by microscopic^earthling (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
austiniskoge 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2006 ooh, cool! I never think of things like that.so that means you can do that with... a pretty much unlimited number of programs?Yes! *rubs hands together* I've got some fun planned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted July 7, 2006 6. Boot to DOSYou will probably find that my question is really stupid, but ... How do you boot to dos on a Windows XP machine, with a NTFS system disk ?Yordan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhiram 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2006 You will probably find that my question is really stupid, but ... How do you boot to dos on a Windows XP machine, with a NTFS system disk ?I think it's explained in the second part: Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS:1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.3. Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe This looks like a pretty neat thing. But I'm using HEdit and offset 0x412b6 doesn't have start, it has some silly characters. Does it differ for sp2? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luizzeross 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2006 It works!! Nice!! I put my "Start" to "Sleep", because my start menu is taking too much time to appear!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mafamba Team 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2006 How much of a special difference will it make.?I really don't care about "Start" button, but having the word Start is quite self explantory, although if I could possibly chnage it to "Go"... or maybe an animation, "1","2","3", GO.How would I be able to do that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KDEWolf 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2006 Hehehe I used to do this kind of thing (changing programs' texts) with Ultraedit since it's version 5.0.But later I found out it was generally much easier to do (along with other more things, like editing real program resources) with Resource Hacker. It's a free program, just run a Google search for it. You won't regret. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted March 24, 2008 by default rename new folder if a new folder created in win xp Renaming The Start Button In Windows XP  By default name of new folder change if a new folder created in win xp  -reply by Asim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tansqrx 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2008 One thing to remember is that from a programming standpoint the start button is nothing more than another window and can be manipulated as such. Using a utility such as Winspector (http://purpleport.com/front.asp), you can see that it is a button class that is inherited from Shell_TrayWnd. Using the Windows API you can capture and send events to the window which opens an entire new world of options.After some research I found a great article explaining this in detail and as a bonus has a free program that does it for you (http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/). You can also break the limit of five characters and even add symbols that are in the Unicode library. This may be the only way but I don’t see what is keeping you from grabbing the button text with the Windows API and then setting a new string. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cain1405241557 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2008 ooh, cool! I never think of things like that.so that means you can do that with... a pretty much unlimited number of programs?Yes! *rubs hands together* I've got some fun planned. His point exactly Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted March 15, 2011 how I can rename start Button in wx sp3Renaming The Start Button In Windows XPI need to rename my start button in window xp sp3 so I can change or rename please? reply by Ahmed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted July 4, 2011 Pc not workingRenaming The Start Button In Windows XPDear Sir,I was follow below links to rename the start menu. But now my pc has has not showing the icons on screen. Kindly advise as soon as possible.Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files frOm DOS:1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon.3. Change the value of Shell from Explorer.Exe to explorer_1.ExeRegardsPawan -reply by Pawan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
