modification of start menu

[abhishek cmc]

hi all,i want to personlize my start menu by modifying the word START to some another name like MYNAME .how can i do this.

[lashya18]

hi all,i want to personlize my start menu by modifying the word START to some another name like MYNAME .how can i do this.

Hi,

To change the name of the Start button:

Copy EXPLORER.EXE in your Windows directory to another directory
Start a hex editor (I've been using Diskedit from Norton)
Edit EXPLORER.EXE
Search for the string 53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74
This is the word Start with the letters separated by a null character
The section you are in should also have the words "There was an internal error..." also separated with the null character immediately following
Now just replace the Start letters with any of your choice (up to 5 characters only)
Exit Windows
Boot to DOS
Copy your new Explorer file over the original

[lashya18]

hi all,i want to personlize my start menu by modifying the word START to some another name like MYNAME .how can i do this.

You can check out this theeldergeek.com/change_text_on_xp_start_button too!!!

[bartonc]

You can check out this theeldergeek.com/change_text_on_xp_start_button too!!!

Thanks lashya. That's a great article. I've had to remove the url from the link due to site rules.