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<blockquote data-quote="Mihindu_Gajaba" data-source="post: 521120" data-attributes="member: 22875"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: Black">Change the " Start " button String to your Name</span></strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":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,</strong></p><p><strong>But try this at your own risk …</strong></p><p></p><p>First download the “ Resource Hacker " software , you can search the keyword </p><p>" Resource Hacker " on Google or try this direct link</p><p><a href="http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Resource_Hacker_340/4-3568-1.html" target="_blank">http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Resource_Hacker_340/4-3568-1.html</a></p><p></p><p>Extract the zip file and run ResHacker.exe</p><p></p><p>Then go to file --> Open </p><p></p><p>Then select your system drive I mean the OS installed drive , and go to windows and open the file " explorer.exe "</p><p></p><p><strong> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":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</strong></p><p><strong>it is better to keep a backup of the " explorer.exe " so backup it ( copy explorer.exe and past it in another folder )</strong> </p><p></p><p>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 )</p><p></p><p>Then select 37</p><p></p><p>Select 1033</p><p></p><p>Make sure that your under the 37 and selected 1033 correctly </p><p></p><p>Then the right side will display some codes </p><p></p><p>Find the coding ' 578, "start" ' and change the " start " to your name or what ever you want to add to the start button</p><p></p><p>Then click compile script button</p><p></p><p>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) </p><p>EX: "explorer_changed.exe"</p><p></p><p>Then the registry part...</p><p></p><p>Go to start ---> run ---> type "regedit" without quotes</p><p></p><p>Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --- > SOFTWARE ---> Microsoft --> Windows NT </p><p>--> CurrentVersion ---> Winlogon</p><p></p><p>Then find the Shell command from the right side of the window and double click it</p><p></p><p>Enter your saved explorer file name (changed one) in Value Data</p><p>Ex: if you saved the changed file as explorer_changed.exe then type explorer_changed.exe at the value data and click ok</p><p></p><p>Restart the computer..</p><p></p><p>You’re done <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> .</p><p></p><p><strong> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/confused.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-shortname=":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..</strong></p><p><strong>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</strong></p><p><strong>Ex : explorer.exe</strong></p><p></p><p>Then restart the computer...</p><p></p><p><strong> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked :shocked:" data-shortname=":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…. )</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Any problem then mail to me: <a href="mailto:mihinugajaba@gmail.com">mihinugajaba@gmail.com</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /> </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Mihindu Gajaba Karunarathne.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mihindu_Gajaba, post: 521120, member: 22875"] [SIZE="4"][B][COLOR="Black"]Change the " Start " button String to your Name[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [B] :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 …[/B] First download the “ Resource Hacker " software , you can search the keyword " Resource Hacker " on Google or try this direct link [url]http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Resource_Hacker_340/4-3568-1.html[/url] 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 " [B] :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 )[/B] 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: . [B] :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[/B] Then restart the computer... [B] :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]mihinugajaba@gmail.com[/email] :D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D Mihindu Gajaba Karunarathne.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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