Comments on: WinHack – How to Change the Windows Start Button (Win XP)

By: ash

ash — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:42:21 +0000

My windows start button gets changed after every boot..initially it shows the right start button then it changes to something weird…not sure if it is due to some virus/unwanted process need to be removed…

Any help?

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By: Will Mueller

Will Mueller — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:45:52 +0000

You could try logging in “Safe Mode” and then going to the registry and changing back to the regular “explorer.exe”.

By: John

John — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:13:40 +0000

I did everything described here word for word, however when I log out and log back in, nothing comes up at all. And when I do a CTRL ALT DEL I do not see explorerhacked.exe or explorer.exe, I tried booting with “Last Known Good Configuration” but I had no success with that. Does anyone have any suggestions?

By: arico

arico — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:03:28 +0000

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By: digideth

digideth — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:40:54 +0000

yup everything worked as expected!

Get yourself a live xp disc such as minpe. boot you box off minipe or something similar fire up reshacker, folow your setups above, save the file as explorer.exe, reboot into xp and everything will work as planed. name change to start menu success! search link works too!!!

remember to save a backup of explorer.exe just in case all hell breaks lose.

keep those great tips coming!

By: digideth

digideth — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:01:43 +0000

ya i would click search in the start menu and nothing would happen, i could get to search through a regular explorer window. I have switched back to the unhack explore.exe and search works again. Now i wondering since we changed the name of the exporer.eve to something easier to remember it throws off other functions of the start menu, so im thinking i will try saving a backup of a unhacked explorer.exe on another part of my drive and chaing the name of the hacked one to explorer.exe and see if i can get the search link to work along with the hack. i will post my results shortly.

By: Will Mueller

Will Mueller — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:29:54 +0000

You mean your start menu did not allow you to click on it, or it did not show up? You could just go back into the registry editor and revert the explorer file to explorer.exe instead of explorerhacked.exe.

By: digideth

digideth — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:40:25 +0000

after i did this edit my start menu search link quit working? anyone know how to fix this with reving back to original widos explorer?

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By: Nikunja

Nikunja — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:33:47 +0000

No need for so lengthy and complicated process. Just use the “StartBtn Renamer” software and it will work for you.

link for StartBtn Renamer : http://www.geocities.com/startbtn/ProgFull.zip

By: Will Mueller

Will Mueller — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:11:40 +0000

I am not sure, haven’t tried that yet. You could try searching around all of the Windows system files for the images, but that might take a while. I am sure there must be a way though….

By: design

design — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:24:13 +0000

awesome just wat i neddddd

By: Aibek

Aibek — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:11:51 +0000

Any idea if this can be done on Vista? I mean is it possible to change that round windows icon to something else of the same size.

By: Brainiac

Brainiac — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:10:42 +0000

Great tip, thanks!

By: krazd

krazd — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:47:08 +0000

Will a screw up here totally destroy your windows OS?

By: vicki shemwell

vicki shemwell — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:55:26 +0000

Just two things : if using Windows classic, you need to navigate to 38, rather than 37.
Also, you need to click on “compile script” before saving. I only know this because I’m just an instruction follower, and it didn’t work for me at first. I’m enjoying my new button, thanks.

By: Ken Burkes

Ken Burkes — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:41:57 +0000

Although it’s a bit complicated to use, I find that Resource Hacker is the best tool for the geekiest customization. With Resource Hacker, you can do just about anything with your computer.

Awesome post Will!