Sunday, January 20, 2008

How To Customise Your start Button
First you need a tool called "Resource Hacker"। This free program allows you to change resources in any ।exe file such as "Explorer.exe", which includes the [Start] button's Label. You can visit Download.com and search there for "Resource Hacker".After you download it, follow the guide here:Step 1:A - Run "Resource Hacker" and open the file "%windir%\Explorer.exe".B - You see a Tree of all Resources in this file, expand the "String Table"C - Find the "start" (look for the place 37->1033 on the "String Table") and replace it with your own text. then press the [Compile Script] button.D - Save "Explorer.exe" as "MyStart.exe" DONT save it as Explorer.exe, do "save as॥" and give it a new name.E - Quit "Resource Hacker".Step 2:A - Click on the [Start] button and choose the "Run..." item from the start menu. (Or use the shortcut key WinKey+R)B - Type "RegEdit" in the Run "Dialog Box". And then press the [Ok] buton to run the "Registry Editor" program.C - Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" and find the "Shell" property.D - Replace value of the "Shell" property to "MyStart.exe".E - Quit "Registry Editor".F - Restart your system.Note about Registry Editor:if you did not find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", you can search the Registry for the "Explorer.exe", to do this use the Edit Menu Find Next (Ctrl+F).