The first 3 steps stop the file we are going to tamper with from being restored automatically when windows restartsġ) with notepad or a text editor open the file c:\windows\system32\restore\filelist.xml (you might need to change it's properites from read only first by right clicking on the file and selecting properties, then remove the tich from the read only checkbox)Ģ) add the following line to the first section to exclude explorer.exe from the protected file listģ) save the file (and apply the read only properties back if you wish) It is from but it was in German so here's my rough translation.įirst of all you will need to download a exe editor - Resource Hacker and Hacker 2.0 are avaliable from and are adequate for the task in hand. If you want to us somthing with more than five letters, below is another guide that will also change the start menu text. This method has a few limitations though, you can only use exactly 5 letters. Make sure that you leave the spaces between the letters and you only overwrite the five letters. Just modify the letters to what ever you wish and save the file and you are set to go. Then go to the following offsets and you will see the text S T A R T. Once you have the hex editor downloaded and installed, just open up explorer.exe which is found in the windows directory in the program. If you do not have a hex editor, visit and preform a search for hex editor and you will find several.
To get started, all you need is a hex editor which you can dowload for free on the web. It is possible to change the text of the start button through the use of a hex editor which is a special program that allows you to edit files that were already compiled. If you are going to customize windows, why not customize the start button. The start button is the most clicked on button in all of Windows.