efebo Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Hello guys, I have you a question: is there a way to rename the "Start" button during an unattended windows instalation? I don't know, maybe changing something in the registry? Sorry for my english !!Thanks !!!!
prathapml Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Yes, its a bitmap resource. Edit shell32.dll, I think.
totoymola Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 It's not in the registry. You have to hack a certain file, but I can't remember which file exactly it is.By the way, there are free tools that will do that for you. I think I saw one at kelly's korner.
staples Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 it is actually in explorer.exe and what you do it resource edit the file and save it to another name and change a registry entry.Look at http://www.overclockinghq.com/articles/renamestartmenu.php it walks you through it.
gunsmokingman Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 You will Need Resource Hacker Or What Ever App You Use To Do This I Gunsmokingman give all users full permission to do what ever they want with this script. 1:\ Resource Hacker 2:\ Make A Temp Work Area In %systemdrive%:\WHATEVER 3:\ Goto %systemdrive%:\Windows Directory Than Right Click explorer.exe and than hit copy 4:\ Go Back to %systemdrive%:\WHATEVER right click and paste explorer.exe 5:\ Open Resource Hacker And Open %systemdrive%:\WHATEVER\explorer.exe 6:\ Than Expand The Folder Called String Table 7:\ Than Expand String Table\37\1033 1033 is where the string you want to edit. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN EDITING OR MODIFING ANY OF WINDOWS FILES Here is What The string Looks Like STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 578, "start" 579, "There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using has been closed." 580, "Restrictions" 581, "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." 590, "Hiding your inactive notification icons..." 591, "To see the hidden icons, click this button." }8:\ If you have this directory %systemdrive%\XPCD\i386 Copy And Paste And Save As WHATEVER.Cmd After You Have Done Changing echo off cls mode con: Cols=75 Lines=5 color 7f Title Replace Explorer :::CHANGE WHATEVER TO MATCH WHAT YOU NEED cd %systemdrive%\WHATEVER makecab %systemdrive%\WHATEVER\explorer.exe cls color b0 echo. ping -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul | set /p = Makecab Completed del %systemdrive%\Xpcd\i386\explorer.ex_ ping -n 1 127.0.0.1>nul copy %systemdrive%\WHATEVER\explorer.ex_ %systemdrive%\Xpcd\i386 ping -n 1 127.0.0.1>nul Hope This helpsWHATEVER.cmd
prathapml Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 @gunsmokingmanNice guide there. I think you need to "modifype" the explorer.exe before CABbing it (otherwise you get error messages or corrupted-file dialogs). Or is it not necessary?
gunsmokingman Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 (edited) I never ran into a problem yet on thisAs I install my Explorer.exe with hacked Icons and Some Minor ChangesThis Gives A right Click Function To Start The Run Dialog From Taskbar205 MENULANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US{POPUP ""{ MENUITEM "&Adjust Date/Time", 408 MENUITEM "&Customize Notifications...", 421 MENUITEM SEPARATOR MENUITEM "Ca&scade Windows", 403 MENUITEM "&Show the Desktop", 407 MENUITEM "&Undo", 416 MENUITEM SEPARATOR MENUITEM "&Run...", 401 MENUITEM "Tas&k Manager", 420 MENUITEM SEPARATOR MENUITEM "&Lock the Taskbar", 424 MENUITEM "P&roperties", 413}} Edited August 27, 2006 by gunsmokingman
MCT Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 nice trick with the run what is the 401?MENUITEM "&Run...", 401 <<<
gunsmokingman Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 It This Line Edit from This from Menu 204204 MENUEXLANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US{ MENUITEM "&Run...", 401, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MCT Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 yes, i know what it is, but where/what is 401 pointing to? to run the "run" ?
Cartoonite Posted December 12, 2004 Posted December 12, 2004 By the way, there are free tools that will do that for you. I think I saw one at kelly's korner.Totoymola is right. There is a free tool available here that will rename the Start Button. It also supports names longer (or shorter) than 5 characters which I seem to recall from previous reading was a limitation when hex-editing explorer.exe directly.I think this is probably the easiest way for fools like me who would likely do more harm than good in trying to recode major windows files on their own.
ZachDoty Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 It also supports names longer (or shorter) than 5 characters which I seem to recall from previous reading was a limitation when hex-editing explorer.exe directly.The reason that 5 characters is the limit with hex editing is because with hex editing the exe will not work if the number of characters changes, you can however use a resource editor instead of a hex editor (As has already been mentioned) without the 5 letter limit.I have renamed the start menu on several computer using the instructions found here and using resource hacker, I have tried with PE Resource Editor and failed. Has anyone here been succesfull changing it with PE Resource Editor?
gunsmokingman Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 I only use Resource Hacker To Change Any Thing Like That.It works well and is easy to use.
ZachDoty Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 I only use Resource Hacker To Change Any Thing Like That.It works well and is easy to use.Yes, Resource Hacker works great, the reason that I wanted to use PE Resource Editor is because it is open source and allows you to host it on your website! I wanted to find a good one that would let me host it on my site
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