Concerning: Customize the Start Menu Button:

This works in Windows 2000 also. The advantage of being able to do this in Windows 2000 is that you can update explorer.exe while Windows is running. To do this: 1. Update your copy of explorer.exe 2. Use task manager to end the explorer.exe process 3. Choose File -> New Task (run) 4. Choose Browse 5. Navigate to your modified explorer.exe, right click, select copy 6. Paste it over the explorer.exe in your windows directory 7. Now run explorer (File -> New Task (run)) Explorer will now run, restore your taskbar but this time with the altered Start button. This probably works in NT also, although I have not verified this.

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It's even easier to customized the Start Menu button with the program Tclock and it doesn't involve any hex editing......not something I would recommend for the uninitiated as a single error can cause you a lot of trouble.




On Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 7:57 pm, Michael Ward wrote:
>Concerning: Customize
>the Start Menu Button:

>
>This works in Windows 2000 also. The advantage of being able to do this in Windows
>2000 is that you can update explorer.exe while Windows is running. To do this:
>
>1. Update your copy of explorer.exe
>2. Use task manager to end the explorer.exe process
>3. Choose File -> New Task (run)
>4. Choose Browse
>5. Navigate to your modified explorer.exe, right click, select copy
>6. Paste it over the explorer.exe in your windows directory
>7. Now run explorer (File -> New Task (run))
>
>Explorer will now run, restore your taskbar but this time with the altered Start
>button.
>
>This probably works in NT also, although I have not verified this.

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You da man! Great Program and easy


On Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 9:35 pm, Curt R wrote:
>

It's even easier to customized the Start Menu button with the program Tclock
>and it doesn't involve any hex editing......not something I would recommend for the
>uninitiated as a single error can cause you a lot of trouble.

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Thanks, but I found out about TClock from Bobstur over on the 98 annoyances page so the credit goes to him! *smile*

I'm glad you like it, I've found it a very handy program. Here's the address for the atomic clock on the internet I use to synchronize my PC with: time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
Just add that in the "server" section on the Synchronize tab of Tclock properties




On Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 7:21 am, Dave wrote:
>You da man!
>Great Program and easy
>
>


>On Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 9:35 pm, Curt R wrote:
>

It's even easier to customized the Start Menu button with the program Tclock
>and it doesn't involve any hex editing......not something I would recommend for
>the
>uninitiated as a single error can cause you a lot of trouble.

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How do you get Win2K to stop overwriting the modified explorer.exe with the original version?


On Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 7:57 pm, Michael Ward wrote:
>Concerning: Customize
>the Start Menu Button:

>
>This works in Windows 2000 also. The advantage of being able to do this in Windows
>2000 is that you can update explorer.exe while Windows is running. To do this:
>
>1. Update your copy of explorer.exe
>2. Use task manager to end the explorer.exe process
>3. Choose File -> New Task (run)
>4. Choose Browse
>5. Navigate to your modified explorer.exe, right click, select copy
>6. Paste it over the explorer.exe in your windows directory
>7. Now run explorer (File -> New Task (run))
>
>Explorer will now run, restore your taskbar but this time with the altered Start
>button.
>
>This probably works in NT also, although I have not verified this.

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you have to hex edit the sfc.dll file post SP2 (or 3?) to turn off the windows file protection. http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/790/ additionally, 2600 mag this quarter said instead of 6211h, it was e2b0h (i believe).


On Friday, February 8, 2002 at 5:50 pm, Eep wrote:
>How do you get Win2K to stop overwriting the modified explorer.exe with the original
>version?
>

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