HACK or Simply Change XP Start
Button Name
I’ve read a number of
articles on the internet about changing the text on the Start button in XP.
On more than one occasion I’ve seen references to a five (5) letter
limitation when the button is renamed. I always wondered if this was true or
just an assumption someone made because the default ‘start’ just happened to
fit the button size. So, I decided to run a test and see if there really was
a five character limit.
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in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an
internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98,
WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.
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First
Step The first
step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at
C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where
it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe
located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe
The category we are going to be using is String Table In Resource Hacker. Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable as shown in Fig. 02. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button. There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry Second Step – Modify the Registry Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open: field. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon the Right pane (Fig. 05), double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box as shown in Fig. 06. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK. Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text. |
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