"Window’s Tweak: Hack Your Start Button written by Sarah Lane on Wednesday, July 21, 2004
I’ve gotten so many requests on how to change the Windows XP Start button, I’m going to teach you Before you get started, you might want to print out this page for easy reference. Change the Start text 1. First of all, make sure you download Resource Hacker. You’ll need this puppy to edit resources
2. Locate explorer.exe in your c:\Windows directory. Make a copy of the file in the same directory
3. Now launch Resource Hacker. In the File menu, open explorer.exe. You’ll now see a bunch of coll 4. Expand the String Table folder and then find folder No. 37 (folder No. 38 if you’re in Windows
5. Click on resource 1033 and locate the text that says "Start." This is your Start button, and no
6. Click on the button labeled Compile Script. This updates the settings for your Start button. Bu Change your hover text
7. While you’re here, why not also change the text that pops up when your mouse hovers over your S 8. Right now it says "Click here to begin." Well, duh! We already know that’s where to begin! 9. Open folder No. 34 and click on resource 1033.
10. Find the text that says "Click here to begin" and change it to something cooler. Might I sugge 11. Click on the Compile Script button to update this resource. Customize your Start icon 12. For an added bonus, you can also change the Windows icon to the left of the text, too. 13. Collapse the String Table folder and expand the Bitmap folder at the top of your folder list.
14. Click on folder No. 143 and click on resource 1033. You should see that familiar Windows icon.
15. Go to the Action Menu and select "Replace bitmap." Select "Open file with new bitmap", and loc Here’s the image I’ve been using instead of the Windows icon, in case you want to use it.
16. Now that you’ve made your changes, save the file in your Windows folder with another name, suc
17. Boot into Safe Mode With Command Prompt by pressing F8 on startup. Then choose Safe Mode in th 18. Log on as administrator and enter your password.
19. When the command prompt comes up, make sure you’re in the right directory by typing "cd c:\win 20. Now type "copy c:\windows\newstartbutton.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe" (no quotes). Type "yes" When Windows relaunches, you’ll see your new Start button in all its glory!
This is a demo version of txt2pdf PRO v.9.2 Developed by SANFACE Software http://www.sanface.com/ Available at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdfPRO.html
..."
|
You need to upgrade your Flash Player , or try to enable javascript in order see this document properly.
|
|
Comments
![Data Capacity of CDs [Tutorial] (pdf document)](http://fliiby.com/images/docs/rbobr7a4vf.jpg "Data Capacity of CDs [Tutorial] (pdf document)")
