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How To Rename Start. so that i can put my name there..

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Will anybody tell em the procedue how o rename start.
I also have tried it twice by searching on google. but i was failed. my window gor crashed twice. Plz tell me the right way to rename it.

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Renaming the Start Button. :)

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To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.
My preference is UltraEdit
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

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

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