(WINDOWS HACK) Changing Start Menu Text

[friendofdar]

Ok well First i must tell you that this is not hard but could mess your computer up because we are not replacing just your start button file because there really isn't one it all in your explorer file which is some very important software for windows!!!

Notes
1.Doesnt Work Well With a Window Blind/Other 3rd Party Windows Styler.
2.CAN mess up your computer.
3.Can be Changed back.

Requirements
1.I recommend Windows Xp For i have only tested it on such.
2.You must know a good bit about how computer software works.
3.If you aren't very good at computers you need to follow carefully step by step.

Downloads
1.<a href="http://filebeam.com/5c42f2376b68667651df3749f9014a48">Resource Hacker</a>


Directions!
Now First open up Resource hacker,Click File,Open,The follow this path "C:windows\Explorer.exe"By clicking the down arrow C; drive the windows then explorer.exe then open ,And Open it.
Ok Now follow These Directions to get to the right place on the sidebar
Click, "String Tables", "37", Then "1033".
Once the Text Comes up for it you should see this

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."
}

Or Something like that
Now Change The Red To Whatever You Want to Name Your start Button.

Once you Change it Hit Compile Script!
Now Again Go to file This time Hit
"Save As"
And Then Click the Down Arrow Select C: drive
Then Windows And Save It There as
"Startbutton.exe"

Now from This Here is what we have done
Took the main source from "Explorer.exe" but changed the start button text
to somthing cooler then compiled it and saved it on our computer

Now we need to edit the Registry to use this File We Saved on our computer as
The not just start button file but entire explorer file because we completely recompiled Explorer With the start button in it.

So click your start button The click run type it "Regedit".
Now it the Registry follow this path to get to the place we need.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\winlogon

By clicking HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE The Software Then Microsoft Then Windows Nt Then Currect Verison Then by just clicking on Winlogon not its subentries

this Can take some time dont get mixed up there are lots of entries in here just find the ones i specifed in the order here.

On Here on the right you should see about 34 entries starting with
"(default)"
Ending with
"winstationsdisabled"

In all of these you want to find "Shell"
Double Click it and put it "Startbutton.exe"
for the value data then push ok
Then close your registry restart you computer and if all
worked out well your start button text should be changed!

[tttommeke]

+rep for contributing

-PM me tomorrow, I can't give anymore rep

[Dragon[Sky]]

Don't ask for rep.
P.S. Resource Hacker == Pure fail.

[friendofdar]

Well it works so u cant really say its fail
and i didnt ask for rep ...just forget about that

[Illidan_000]

agree with Dragon[Sky]. (you asked for rep...)

[friendofdar]

God ok i took it out happy!
Its not like i got any 'Foul Interjection' Rep From it anywar

[Illidan_000]

calm down.

[friendofdar]

I am...Sorry i just never get it anyway