To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor.
My preference is UltraEdit
- Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)
- With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6
- You will see the word start with blanks between each letter
- Edit it be any 5 characters or less
- Save the file
- Boot to DOS
- Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org
- Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe
- You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.
Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS:
- Start Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.
- Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe
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