ThePentiumGuy
Well-known member
Heheh. This is so leet. First check out the screenshot. "stop!" instead of "start."
Im doing this just for fun anyways (you might wonder whats the point
).
Get a hex editor, I used hex workshop (these instructions are for hex workshop anyways). Run it, open explorer.exe (windows folder). First of all, hit Save As... Explorer2.exe (just for the sake of having a backup).
Now, this parts a little tricky. If youre new to hex editing, then dont worry. See the numbers to the left side? Those represent your offsets. The text for "start" should lie in between the following offsets:
<LI>Windows 98
Offset: 0x00028D6E - 0x00028D76 <LI>Windows NT4
Offset: 0x00028BEE - 0x00028BF6 <LI>Windows ME
Offset: 0x00033DDE - 0x00033DE6 <LI>Windows 2000
Offset: 0x0003860E - 0x00038616 <LI>Windows XP (Enhanced Start Menu)
Offset: 0x000412B6 - 0x000412BE <LI>Windows XP (Classic Start Menu)
Offset: 0x0004158A - 0x00041592 <LI>Windows XP SP1 (Enhanced Start Menu)
Offset: 0x0004208E - 0x00042096 <LI>Windows XP SP1 (Classic Start Menu)
Offset: 0x0004259A - 0x000425A2 <Taken from http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1847.aspx>
Hit control + g and type in the first offset number (you dont need the 0x). And look around for a word called start (it should be written as "s.t.a.r.t"), it should be nearby.
However that method didnt work for me. On my computer (XP Home, Sp2), "start" lied before this text:
There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using has been closed.".
So hit control + F,
Find what:
Type: Text String
Find What: There was an
Options:
Either
Now it should take you to that error. And just before it you should see:
. .h.i.d.d.e.n. .i.c.o.n.s.............s.t.a.r.t.R.T.h.e.r.e. .w.a.s. .a.n. .i.n.t.e.r.n.a.l. .e.r.r.o.r. .a.n.d. .o.n.e. .o.f. .t.h.e. .w.i.n.d.o.w.s. .y.o.u. .w.e.r.e. .u.s.i.n.g. .h.a.s. .b.e.e.n
Now, replace the letters (replace, you cant have more and you cant have less than 5 characters) s.t.a.r.t. with (this is what I did) s.t.o.p.!.
Now hit save (making sure youre saving to Explorer2.exe, windows folder)
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If you still cant find "start", hit control + F and find the string "start", making sure its case sensitive (beucase there are a lot of "Start"s). Youll have to scroll through a list of 20 starts (you have to hit F3 to go to the next string). However these "Fake" starts will be something like.
"Starting task... <something>"....etc
So just look for the word start hanging around on its own.
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Now, we need to test if this works.
Close all programs.
Control + Alt + Delete
Right click Explorer.Exe, End Process Tree
File, New Task | Run. "Explorer2.exe"
If you see the word "stop!" (or whatever you used) then it works. If you ever want to revert back, End Process Tree explorer2.exe and start explorer.exe. So its not a permanent change youre making if you do it this way.
Now, if youre sure that it works (click the start menu...etc making sure that there are no bugs), and you want this to be default, then:
This article was based off of:
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1847.aspx
-The Pentium Guy
Im doing this just for fun anyways (you might wonder whats the point
).Get a hex editor, I used hex workshop (these instructions are for hex workshop anyways). Run it, open explorer.exe (windows folder). First of all, hit Save As... Explorer2.exe (just for the sake of having a backup).
Now, this parts a little tricky. If youre new to hex editing, then dont worry. See the numbers to the left side? Those represent your offsets. The text for "start" should lie in between the following offsets:
<LI>Windows 98
Offset: 0x00028D6E - 0x00028D76 <LI>Windows NT4
Offset: 0x00028BEE - 0x00028BF6 <LI>Windows ME
Offset: 0x00033DDE - 0x00033DE6 <LI>Windows 2000
Offset: 0x0003860E - 0x00038616 <LI>Windows XP (Enhanced Start Menu)
Offset: 0x000412B6 - 0x000412BE <LI>Windows XP (Classic Start Menu)
Offset: 0x0004158A - 0x00041592 <LI>Windows XP SP1 (Enhanced Start Menu)
Offset: 0x0004208E - 0x00042096 <LI>Windows XP SP1 (Classic Start Menu)
Offset: 0x0004259A - 0x000425A2 <Taken from http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1847.aspx>
Hit control + g and type in the first offset number (you dont need the 0x). And look around for a word called start (it should be written as "s.t.a.r.t"), it should be nearby.
However that method didnt work for me. On my computer (XP Home, Sp2), "start" lied before this text:
There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using has been closed.".
So hit control + F,
Find what:
Type: Text String
Find What: There was an
Options:
Either
Now it should take you to that error. And just before it you should see:
. .h.i.d.d.e.n. .i.c.o.n.s.............s.t.a.r.t.R.T.h.e.r.e. .w.a.s. .a.n. .i.n.t.e.r.n.a.l. .e.r.r.o.r. .a.n.d. .o.n.e. .o.f. .t.h.e. .w.i.n.d.o.w.s. .y.o.u. .w.e.r.e. .u.s.i.n.g. .h.a.s. .b.e.e.n
Now, replace the letters (replace, you cant have more and you cant have less than 5 characters) s.t.a.r.t. with (this is what I did) s.t.o.p.!.
Now hit save (making sure youre saving to Explorer2.exe, windows folder)
------------
If you still cant find "start", hit control + F and find the string "start", making sure its case sensitive (beucase there are a lot of "Start"s). Youll have to scroll through a list of 20 starts (you have to hit F3 to go to the next string). However these "Fake" starts will be something like.
"Starting task... <something>"....etc
So just look for the word start hanging around on its own.
-------------
Now, we need to test if this works.
Close all programs.
Control + Alt + Delete
Right click Explorer.Exe, End Process Tree
File, New Task | Run. "Explorer2.exe"
If you see the word "stop!" (or whatever you used) then it works. If you ever want to revert back, End Process Tree explorer2.exe and start explorer.exe. So its not a permanent change youre making if you do it this way.
Now, if youre sure that it works (click the start menu...etc making sure that there are no bugs), and you want this to be default, then:
And, (yay) youve renamed your start button, permanently (You can rename it whenever you want).http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1847.aspx\ open up regedit [i said:
This article was based off of:
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1847.aspx
-The Pentium Guy
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. I sort of removed all the icons from my desktop (except for the recycle bin, which i dont htink you can remove).
