I think that the easiest thing to do, besides using that TClock i'm reading about, 
is this: 

1. Use a Hex editor like Resource Hacker and open the explorer.exe file. Make all 
the changes you want, (icons, what the start menu says, etc...). Then Compile it 
and save it under a different name (i.e. explorer2.exe, or whatever you want, just 
NOT explorer.exe). 

2. Start up the registry editor (Start --> Run --> regedit) and navigate to: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Change the value of the "Shell" from EXPLORER.EXE to whatever it is you called it 
when you saved your version in step 1. 

3. Reboot and you're done! Now, windows will always startup your modified version 
of explorer.exe and because it's a different filename, there's no pesky File Protection 
stuff going on. 

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