Friday, 22 April 2016

How to Change Text on Windows XP Start Button

Posted by skumar
Hello friends



 Are you Bored Your start menu button so I Wish you could have it say and do something a little more interesting? Follow these easy steps and you'll have a personalized Start button of your very own!so follow my steps and enjoy your start menu in new style

so let us start the step

1.download  Resource Hacker from any site.

2. Install and run Resource Hacker.





3
Once Resource Hacker is running, open "explorer.exe".
  • Go to "File" then "Open".
  • Typically Windows is installed on the C: drive. Go to the C: Drive then opens the Windows folder.
  • Double-click the file named "explorer".



4
Explorer will open and you will see two frames in Resource Hacker.
  • In the left frame, click the folder named "String Table".
  • Click on the sub-folder named "37".
  • Click the gear icon named "1033".






5
Change your Start text.
  • In the right frame, change the word "start" to whatever you wish. You must keep the apostrophes or the changes will not work.




6
Save your changes.
  • Click the "Compile Script" button.
  • When asked, select "Save As" and save the file as "explorer1".
  • Make sure not to overwrite the original copy of explorer.


7
Run Regedit to make the new file active. Keep Resource Hacker running.
  • Open the Start menu and click "Run..."
  • Type "Regedit" (without apostrophes) into the field and press enter. This will open Registry Editor.
  • In the left frame, navigate through the following folders: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Winlogon
  • Once you're in the Winlogon folder, in the right frame select "Shell" and double-click it.
  • Change "explorer.exe" to "explorer1.exe", the changed copy you made above



8
Reboot your computer. Your Start menu text will now be your own customized message! If you wish to revert to the original, change back to "explorer.exe" in Registry Editor following the steps above.






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