Mihindu_Gajaba
05-19-2007, 12:37 AM
Change the " Start " button String to your Name
:yes: * First of all remember that your dealing with windows files and registry , so be careful , don’t worry, if you follow these steps correctly and didn’t done any stupid things. Every thing will be ok,
But try this at your own risk …
First download the “ Resource Hacker " software , you can search the keyword
" Resource Hacker " on Google or try this direct link
http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Resource_Hacker_340/4-3568-1.html
Extract the zip file and run ResHacker.exe
Then go to file --> Open
Then select your system drive I mean the OS installed drive , and go to windows and open the file " explorer.exe "
:yes: * Now your going to change the " explorer.exe " file and it will not be a problem because we're creating a new file, but in case of emergency
it is better to keep a backup of the " explorer.exe " so backup it ( copy explorer.exe and past it in another folder )
After you open the explorer.exe in Resource Hacker go to the string table ( expand the tree String table which is at left side of Resource Hacker )
Then select 37
Select 1033
Make sure that your under the 37 and selected 1033 correctly
Then the right side will display some codes
Find the coding ' 578, "start" ' and change the " start " to your name or what ever you want to add to the start button
Then click compile script button
Then file --> save as --> and save with a file name under the windows folder and the extension and the directory must be the same (".exe" and the directory is Windows)
EX: "explorer_changed.exe"
Then the registry part...
Go to start ---> run ---> type "regedit" without quotes
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --- > SOFTWARE ---> Microsoft --> Windows NT
--> CurrentVersion ---> Winlogon
Then find the Shell command from the right side of the window and double click it
Enter your saved explorer file name (changed one) in Value Data
Ex: if you saved the changed file as explorer_changed.exe then type explorer_changed.exe at the value data and click ok
Restart the computer..
You’re done :lol: .
:confused: * Ok... what you have done is you has changed the explorer.exe file and saved it in a different name so the original one will remain..
And in regedit you have changed the path from original to the duplicate (the file we created) , so to restore simply go to regedit and change the shell to the original file name
Ex : explorer.exe
Then restart the computer...
:shocked: Please don’t make any changes in regedit or explorer.exe without knowing what’s happening…. ( You can try , but the thing is you can keep a backup of explorer.exe but you can’t backup the registry, so please don’t mess it up ok…. )
Any problem then mail to me: [email protected]
:D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D
Mihindu Gajaba Karunarathne.
:yes: * First of all remember that your dealing with windows files and registry , so be careful , don’t worry, if you follow these steps correctly and didn’t done any stupid things. Every thing will be ok,
But try this at your own risk …
First download the “ Resource Hacker " software , you can search the keyword
" Resource Hacker " on Google or try this direct link
http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Resource_Hacker_340/4-3568-1.html
Extract the zip file and run ResHacker.exe
Then go to file --> Open
Then select your system drive I mean the OS installed drive , and go to windows and open the file " explorer.exe "
:yes: * Now your going to change the " explorer.exe " file and it will not be a problem because we're creating a new file, but in case of emergency
it is better to keep a backup of the " explorer.exe " so backup it ( copy explorer.exe and past it in another folder )
After you open the explorer.exe in Resource Hacker go to the string table ( expand the tree String table which is at left side of Resource Hacker )
Then select 37
Select 1033
Make sure that your under the 37 and selected 1033 correctly
Then the right side will display some codes
Find the coding ' 578, "start" ' and change the " start " to your name or what ever you want to add to the start button
Then click compile script button
Then file --> save as --> and save with a file name under the windows folder and the extension and the directory must be the same (".exe" and the directory is Windows)
EX: "explorer_changed.exe"
Then the registry part...
Go to start ---> run ---> type "regedit" without quotes
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --- > SOFTWARE ---> Microsoft --> Windows NT
--> CurrentVersion ---> Winlogon
Then find the Shell command from the right side of the window and double click it
Enter your saved explorer file name (changed one) in Value Data
Ex: if you saved the changed file as explorer_changed.exe then type explorer_changed.exe at the value data and click ok
Restart the computer..
You’re done :lol: .
:confused: * Ok... what you have done is you has changed the explorer.exe file and saved it in a different name so the original one will remain..
And in regedit you have changed the path from original to the duplicate (the file we created) , so to restore simply go to regedit and change the shell to the original file name
Ex : explorer.exe
Then restart the computer...
:shocked: Please don’t make any changes in regedit or explorer.exe without knowing what’s happening…. ( You can try , but the thing is you can keep a backup of explorer.exe but you can’t backup the registry, so please don’t mess it up ok…. )
Any problem then mail to me: [email protected]
:D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D
Mihindu Gajaba Karunarathne.