Customizing the XP Taskbar Start Button

In this video I'll show you how to change what the Start Button in the taskbar says, and what is displayed when you move your mouse over it.

RESOURCE HACKER
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http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/

NOTES:

Inside RegEdit, these are the instructions...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE---SOFTWARE---MICROSOFT---WINDOWSNT---CURRENT USER---WINLOGON---SHELL (found inside the box)

NOTE: This is a try at your own risk tutorial, you may damage your computer if you do something wrong. I cannot help you if something goes wrong, but if it does...

Boot into "Safe Mode" by hitting F8 when you first turn your computer on. Then go into RegEdit and re-route the Shell file to Explorer.exe

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• Windows
• XP
• Taskbar
• Change
• Custom
• Resource
• Hack
• RegEdit
• Shell
• Modify
• Tutorial

[TravisTutorial]

Whoops, I accidentally clicked "remove" instead of "reply" to a gentlemen's comment. He suggested changing the explorer.exe file, and then making the original file be like, explorer1.exe. The problem with this is that some virus scanners may get rid of system files if they have extensions (eg:explorer1 or explorer_trav). This is why I kept the original named as it was, and just linked to the new one, much easier to correct if your virus scanner flips out on you.

[Johnnyboi1225]

when i type in regedit it says "regedit is not valid Win32 application"

HELP

[TravisTutorial]

If you're getting that message than there are probably a few flaws with your computer. I wouldn't reccommend messing around in the registry if you might have the chance of not being able to access it.

[jokeboxproductions]

Dude it was cool but I screwed up and and my taskbar disappeared lol

[TravisTutorial]

Sorry to hear that, it's been successful for most people, but not for everyone! I assume you've restored ok?

[woses21]

You don't have to restart the computer. Just close explorer and open explorer_trav.exe Task Manager

[TravisTutorial]

Very True! However, for the average user the easiest path is probably to restart or log off, thanks for putting that out there tho!

[xxxSLOSHxxx]

for those of you who aren't familiar with this stuff make sure you make a copy of explorer.exe and save it on the desktop just in case

[xXMELVINXx15]

ok i gone start my pc again let see den .tnx.

[marotta5]

nice