The following tutorial shows how to change the Windows "Start" button text to your name or any other text you desire.
Preparing the Explorer File:1. Download the Resource Hacker Software from : http://www.soft32.com/download_3568.html
2. Goto your windows directory and copy the explorer.exe and paste it at your desktop or anywhere else.
3. Open the ResHacker.exe that you have downloaded.
4. Click File>Open and select the explorer.exe that you have placed in the desktop.
5. On the left hand side of the Resource Hacker window, you can see a tree structure, Just Expand the folder named "String Table" by clicking the + symbol just near the "String Table" folder.
6. You can find many sub-folders named with some numbers. Just Open the folder with number "37" by clicking the + symbol near "37"
7. You will see an element named "1033" under "37", Just click it.
8. On the Right hand side of the window, you will see some text similar to the one below
STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
578, "Start"
579, "There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using has been closed."
580, "Restrictions"
581, "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator."
590, "Hiding your inactive notification icons..."
591, "To see the hidden icons, click this button."
}
9. Change the above "Start" text in the line 578 to the one below(You can insert your own text here)
STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
578, "Expertsforge"
579, "There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using has been closed."
580, "Restrictions"
581, "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator."
590, "Hiding your inactive notification icons..."
591, "To see the hidden icons, click this button."
}
10. Now click "Compile Script" button just above the Right hand side window.
11. You will have no errors, if you have followed the above steps. Click File>Save As, and type the filename as "explorer1.exe" (without the quotes) on the desktop.
12. Now, copy the explorer1.exe file to your C:\WINDOWS directory, or wherever your windows is installed
Registering the Explorer File:13.
Open Windows Registry14. Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > Winlogon
15. On the right hand side of the Registry Editor Window, you will find a String named "Shell", Just double click it and type "explorer1.exe" as the value.
16. Exit the registry Editor, and restart your system.
17. When you come back, you will find your new text appearing instead of the regular "start" text.
18. This method can be used to change caption of any software including Windows Media Player, Calculator etc., Play Safely
Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.
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