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Old 31-12-2006, 12:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question start menu name


i want to change my start menu name, what should i do?
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i am new at here so i don't know this thread is discussed before.
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Old 31-12-2006, 12:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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This is not recommended if you are not sure what you are doing. This needs resource hacking of explorer.
Find out detailed steps here
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Old 31-12-2006, 12:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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This shall help:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/change_t...art_button.htm
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Old 31-12-2006, 12:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i presume u r talking not about username (which occurs on the startmenu); but start button text...
click Utility to Rename Start Button
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Old 31-12-2006, 07:26 PM   #5 (permalink)
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^^ thts right but u see.. tht utility is not pefectly doing it as it is meant to.... after sometime..(say 5 minutes or so) the original text (START) replaces the modified text...
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Old 31-12-2006, 10:19 PM   #6 (permalink)
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^ I think the explorer.exe itself restores automatically. Its a feature of Windows file protection.
You better read this article for disabling it.
But I am not sure whether it will work.
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Old 01-01-2007, 12:56 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Just edit %windir%\Explorer.exe file in Resource Hacker
U can find a tut on Resource Hacker in "Tutorials" section
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