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Note : This will only work with Win XP/NT/win 9x
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit
FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW :-
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
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit
FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW :-
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
Labels: Window tricks
(Note that this may not work on early versions of DOS, so experiment.)
If you ever need to rename all files in a directory from one extension to another,
for example, *.new to *.old, you can use wildcards with the rename command. In this example, the command would be:
rename *.new *.old
If you ever need to rename all files in a directory from one extension to another,
for example, *.new to *.old, you can use wildcards with the rename command. In this example, the command would be:
rename *.new *.old
Labels: Window tricks
Go to:
control Panel -> System, -> Advanced -> Performance area -> Settings button Visual Effects tab.
"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"
control Panel -> System, -> Advanced -> Performance area -> Settings button Visual Effects tab.
"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"
Labels: Window tricks
If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together.
Run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/
CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace
Click on the Recycle Bin string in the right hand pane. Hit Delete, click OK.
Run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/
CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace
Click on the Recycle Bin string in the right hand pane. Hit Delete, click OK.
Labels: Window tricks
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon follow these steps:
1. click start then run.
2. type Regedit in the run window.
3. Now a window will appear go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name Recycle Bin to whatever you want.
Labels: Window tricks
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