re: Customizing Win2K Professional Start Button
Monday, September 20, 2004 at 1:03 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Lymth
(1 messages posted)
Hi I read this thread after some googeling art.. So I've tried your method but if
I use reshacker, compiling the script after i've changed the string "Start" to something
else with 5 letters, changed the registry. My windows just boots black, and if I
use the ctrl+alt+delete feature and trying to start my hacked edition of explorer.exe,
it sais; "explorer_hacked.exe is not a valid win32 program/file" or something slightly
similar.
I use windows 2000 with the latest service pack, I don't use latest edition of reshacker
thou, can the be it?
I've also tried _NOT_ to compile the script in haste, but ofcourse it worked the
same as the original explorer.exe.
On Friday, June 28, 2002 at 11:56 pm, Marc wrote:
>
>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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