I have a question about Customize the Start Menu Button:

When I had done everything in the explorer.exe file i made a backup and then tryed to replace the original with my modiefied, but when I did so windows said(translated from swedish) : "It is impossible to replace explorer: the file is used by windows." I have the same problems with HID.DLL file that cause problems with my games. I have a Packard Bell if that helps out with an answer.

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You have to copy the files over to the relevant locations in real Dos mode. You cannot 
replace files used by windows, inside windows.

Copy the NEW Explorer.exe and NEW Hid.dll to the root of C: and rename them to Explorer.new 
and Hid.new

Now go to Start > Shutdown and select "Restart in MS-Dos", OK it.

At the C:\> prompt type...

ren C:\windows\explorer.exe explorer.old   press Enter.

Now at the C:\> prompt type....

ren C:\windows\system\hid.dll hid.old   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type....

Copy C:\explorer.new C:\windows\   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type.....

ren C:\windows\explorer.new explorer.exe   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type.....

Copy C:\hid.new C:\windows\system\   press Enter.

Back at C:\>

Now type.....

ren C:\windows\system\hid.new hid.dll   press Enter.

Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart the PC

That should be it.

Assuming you have carried out the Explorer.exe modifications correctly, then the 
PC should boot up fine.

If not, you will have to start the PC at a true Dos Command prompt and rename the 
Explorer.exe back to .new and the original Explorer.old back to .exe

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Thank you! I now have costomized my start button and i have learned alot about dos and dos commands! But saidly replaceing the HID.DLL file was not the answer to that problem... But thank you anyway!


On Sunday, January 19, 2003 at 5:01 am, rob wrote:

>You have to copy the files over to the relevant locations in real Dos mode. You 
cannot 
>replace files used by windows, inside windows.
>
>Copy the NEW Explorer.exe and NEW Hid.dll to the root of C: and rename them to Explorer.new 
>and Hid.new
>
>Now go to Start > Shutdown and select "Restart in MS-Dos", OK it.
>
>At the C:\> prompt type...
>
>ren C:\windows\explorer.exe explorer.old   press Enter.
>
>Now at the C:\> prompt type....
>
>ren C:\windows\system\hid.dll hid.old   press Enter.
>
>Back at C:\>
>
>Now type....
>
>Copy C:\explorer.new C:\windows\   press Enter.
>
>Back at C:\>
>
>Now type.....
>
>ren C:\windows\explorer.new explorer.exe   press Enter.
>
>Back at C:\>
>
>Now type.....
>
>Copy C:\hid.new C:\windows\system\   press Enter.
>
>Back at C:\>
>
>Now type.....
>
>ren C:\windows\system\hid.new hid.dll   press Enter.
>
>Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart the PC
>
>That should be it.
>
>Assuming you have carried out the Explorer.exe modifications correctly, then the 
>PC should boot up fine.
>
>If not, you will have to start the PC at a true Dos Command prompt and rename the 
>Explorer.exe back to .new and the original Explorer.old back to .exe

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I can vaguely remember your post about the Hid.dll a few days ago. Didnt you mention 
something about the size being different???? Mine is basically 32kb and is the original 
win98 FE version.

Have you got a Win98 CD.

You could extract the original Hid.dll from that using SFC. Or if the Win98 cab files 
are on the hard drive, the normal location is C:\Windows\Options\Cabs\

Insert the Win98 CD into the drive and hold down the "Shift" key, and wait till it 
stops shuffling, so it doesnt auto load the CD.

Go to Start > Run and type in   sfc   then OK it.

In the next window, select "Extract one file......." type in the exact name of the 
file. eg. Hid.dll  then click the "Start" button there.

Next window, in the "Restore From" box type in   ?:\ Win98\    ? being your CD drive 
letter. Or if on the HD then   C:\Windows\Options\Cabs\

In the "Save File In" box type in   C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM   click the OK button and it 
will copy a fresh Hid.dll to the System folder.

Close SFC and re-start the PC to update the system.

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Dude, you rock at this! i will try it

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