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Windows tip: How to rename Start button


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This Windows XP/7 tip is only for advanced windows users or users with medium programming skill.

To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. With hex editor you can see the content of compiled programs (exe or com files). For that purpose I use UltraEdit (www.ultraedit.com). To change the name of Start button in Windows follow next steps:

  1. Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)
  2. With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6
  3. You will see the word start with blanks between each letter
  4. Edit it be any 5 characters or less (very important)
  5. Save the file
  6. Boot to DOS
  7. Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org
  8. Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe
  9. You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.
Important: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS. To change the names of explorer.exe do next:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.
  3. Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe
If you mess something you always can back explorer.exe from your copy.




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