Here's a neat little WinAll hacking utility that allows you to make changes in your windows appearances and other features. Add new resources to executables. Enable a program to support multiple languages, or add a custom icon or bitmap (company logo etc) to a program's dialog.
I've used it to change my 'StartButton" appearence:
Step #1)
A- Run "Resource Hacker" and open the file "%windir%\Explorer.exe".
B- You see a Tree of all Resources in this file, expand the "String Table
C- Find the "start" and replace it with your own text. then press the [Compile Script] button.
D- SAVE "Explorer.exe" AS "MyStart.exe" (I mean do not save the original Explorer.exe, but SAVE it AS a new file)
E- Quit "Resource Hacker".
Step #2)
A- Click on the [Start] button and choose the "Run..." item from the start menu. (Or use the shortcut key WinKey+R)
B- Type "RegEdit" in the Run "Dialog Box". And then press the [Ok] buton to run the "Registry Editor" program.
C-Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" and find the "Shell" property.
D- Replace value of the "Shell" property to "MyStart.exe".(in 98 you simply type "sysedit" from the start/run menu and modify the "system.ini" [boot] section 'shell=explorer.exe' and change to 'MyStart.exe')
E- Quit "Registry Editor".
F- Restart your system.
Note about Registry Editor:
if you did not find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", you can search the Registry for the "Explorer.exe", to do this use the Edit Menu | Find Next (Ctrl+F).
Download from here: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/...html?tag=srch&qt=resource+hacker&cn=&ca=10001
Rock On!!!😎
o0RaidR0o
I've used it to change my 'StartButton" appearence:
Step #1)
A- Run "Resource Hacker" and open the file "%windir%\Explorer.exe".
B- You see a Tree of all Resources in this file, expand the "String Table
C- Find the "start" and replace it with your own text. then press the [Compile Script] button.
D- SAVE "Explorer.exe" AS "MyStart.exe" (I mean do not save the original Explorer.exe, but SAVE it AS a new file)
E- Quit "Resource Hacker".
Step #2)
A- Click on the [Start] button and choose the "Run..." item from the start menu. (Or use the shortcut key WinKey+R)
B- Type "RegEdit" in the Run "Dialog Box". And then press the [Ok] buton to run the "Registry Editor" program.
C-Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" and find the "Shell" property.
D- Replace value of the "Shell" property to "MyStart.exe".(in 98 you simply type "sysedit" from the start/run menu and modify the "system.ini" [boot] section 'shell=explorer.exe' and change to 'MyStart.exe')
E- Quit "Registry Editor".
F- Restart your system.
Note about Registry Editor:
if you did not find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", you can search the Registry for the "Explorer.exe", to do this use the Edit Menu | Find Next (Ctrl+F).
Download from here: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/...html?tag=srch&qt=resource+hacker&cn=&ca=10001
Rock On!!!😎
o0RaidR0o