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Uploaded by on Dec 12, 2008

H0LY.J3SUS (Webmaster) shows us a little trick on how to edit the start menu text on windows XP.

**I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU SCREW YOUR COMPUTER UP. THIS IS VERY EASY, AND REQUIRES LITTLE SKILL, BUT IF YOU SOMEHOW SCREW UP DO NOT COMPLAIN TO ME.

Resource Hacker: http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/

Text Summary of Video Tutorial

- Open Resource Hacker
- Go to: File-Open-C:/WINDOWS/Explorer.exe and open it
- Click the plus next to the 37 folder, and click on the green icon with the text 1033
- Edit the start text to whatever you want.
- Click Compile Script then file save as (name you want.exe)
- Close Resource Hacker and go to Start-Run
- Type regedit to bring up the registry editor
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon
- Open the file called shell and replace the text that says explorer.exe to the exe you created in Resource Hacker
- Close Registry and Restart.

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  • it sounds like ur saying regezit what r u saying?!

  • @daniwan3000

    Regedit. 

  • add clear video plz

  • @arshdeepmann Try switching the video to 480p (bottom right of youtube player), instead of 360p.

  • LOL 00:02 u say How to change ginger start menu!! LMAO

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  • I changed "Start" to "Fart" on my school's computer :)

  • F*ck you! you srewed up my computer for 2 months and nothing,nobody or no method can fix it ! even google can't find anything for it!!! i only have wallpaper!! And use my computer with Command Center! F*ck you!

    DO NOT USE THİS METHOD! BECAUSE WİTH ONLY 1 MİSTAKE YOUR COMPUTER GETS TOTALLY SCREWED UP!!

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  • its great! changed windows xp button to school sucks!

  • BUT I THINK I HAVE SOLUTION FOR THIS EROR YOU MUST GO TO LOCAL DISC C : WINDOWS : AND THERE YOU WILL FIND A PROGRAM CALLED explore.exe OR JUST explorer AND YOU MUST DOWNLOAD NEW explorer.exe AND REPLACE IT WITH THIS ONE ...THE PROBLEM IS I CAN'T FIND WHERE TO DOWNLOAD explorer.exe HELP ME IF YOU CAN

  • YOU IDIOT BECAUSE YOU MY COMPUTER DOESEN'T WORK GOOD....

    I CAN'T SEE MY ICONS ON DESKTOP AND I MUST SAY >>> FUCK YOU<<<

  • SWEET!!!!

  • @IVIUPPETwebsite you cant change the video to 480p

  • VERY VERY VERY important to have the same file name for your computer to boot the start menu from. i messed mine up at first just for having a capitol letter in the word explorer. take his advice and copy and past the same name for the Shell file!

  • @TheIdlechance LOL CTRL+ALT+Delete Task manager-> New Task-> Explorer.exe

    Take a Rage Dump. Or, Just get a new explorer.exe from another computer.....

  • What do you mean by "it's not going to end well"? What would happen?

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