Renaming the Start Button

In Category: Windows XP

To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit 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 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. Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can\'t access the files from DOS: 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