"start button"

[misskellibad1]

I have downloaded three different programs to change the start button, and none of them work! No error message, just restart and nothing changes. I even tried to re-download. Do you think they are just bad downloads, or am I missing something, like a dll and wouldn't it say that?

[Drewdatrip]

You might need to hack the Uxtheme.dll in order to modify the theme and or start menu...

=Drew

[Guest]

StyleXP can do the trick. If you change the theme, it changes your start button.

I want to change just my start button tho

[LouCypher]

Are you trying to change the graphic/scheme or the text?

The graphics are in the theme files, but the "Start" text is in explorer.exe, and can be edited with ResHacker.

[misskellibad1]

I'm trying to change the text, I've tried activicons, change start, and Ezywin, and nothing works. When I looked all I could find was how to change the graphics.

[Guest]

The text...is impossible...The start button, is an image.

You would have to create a new image, or edit this one...

What would you change your start button to anyway?

[misskellibad1]

It can't be impossible as there are programs out there that claim they do just that. I have seen lots of desktop screenshots with it altered...... I want it to be blank-goes with my theme.

[Guest]

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/791/

Gimme a kiss kelli! n0w!

[misskellibad1]

thanks for the link, Ge, but I don't fraternize with criminals! ha

[Guest]

Kelli...please dun joke around...

BTW: I tried the link I posted, and edited the s***...and now...I just got done formatting for the 3rd time this week..it screwed my system up ( I dun kn0w hex very good)

[Guest]

Kelli, is this good?

http://www.mediahorizon.net/cgi-bin/search...i?ID=1010641315

[Guest]

[Drewdatrip]

I swear we had a regedit on MSFNa long a** time ago that did, this...cant find it though..

=Drew

[misskellibad1]

Yeah GeForce, it works really well, so well in fact that it takes my taskbar icons with it!

So, I'm afraid you don't "own", thanks for looking though, I appreciate it.

[behzad]

Hello guys,

I'm programmer of StartBtn Renamer, I hope that you found my program useful. But for now, I like to tell you an other way to rename the [start] button manualy. A great Tip indeed!

First you need a software which named "Resource Hacker". This free program allows you to change resources in any .exe file such as "Explorer.exe", which includes the [start] button's Label. You can visit http://www.download.com and search in there for the "Resource Hacker" keyword. After you download it from there:

Step #1)

A- Run "Resource Hacker" and open the file "%windir%\Explorer.exe".

B- You see a Tree of all Resources in this file, expand the "String Table

C- Find the "start" and replace it with your own text. then press the [Compile Script] button.

D- SAVE "Explorer.exe" AS "MyStart.exe" (I mean do not save the original Explorer.exe, but SAVE it AS a new file)

E- Quit "Resource Hacker".

Step #2)

A- Click on the [start] button and choose the "Run..." item from the start menu. (Or use the shortcut key WinKey+R)

B- Type "RegEdit" in the Run "Dialog Box". And then press the [Ok] buton to run the "Registry Editor" program.

C- Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" and find the "Shell" property.

D- Replace value of the "Shell" property to "MyStart.exe".

E- Quit "Registry Editor".

F- Restart your system.

Note about Registry Editor:

if you did not find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", you can search the Registry for the "Explorer.exe", to do this use the Edit Menu | Find Next (Ctrl+F).

I hope that you finally rename the [start] button succesfully :-)

Have a nice day,

AmirBehzad Eslami

http://www.startbtn.main-page.com