I have a customized program, explorer2.exe that shows Go instead of start.
(It gives me room for one more window.)
It worked fine on XP Pro.
I did the register change that was required and renamed all old instances of explorer.exe to exp.exe.
It works fine as an admin and "F8" mode.
It won't work as a limited user.
??
probably need to create a manifest file
i haven't found a real good reference for this, yet
but, use the forum search tool - there are several examples
Trying to think of what to try next.
There are no copies of explorer.exe on my hard drive, unless there are some
in a cab file.
Explorer2.exe is in memory and the program does have GO in place
of Start in the String Table part of the executable.
I saw some references to explorer.exe in a few registry entries with MUI in them.
I MAY, backup my registry, delete those references and see what happens.
you mean there is no Windows Explorer ?
that thing performs a lot of functions
much more than just displaying file trees
I found a way for my customized explorer2.exe to work, but to be honest, the method
seems "retarded" to me.
1. I log onto my L.U. account.
2. I kill explorer2.exe in which the Start Button has the flag on the left and Start on the right side.
3. I restart that same copy of explorer2.exe and it now shows GO in it's green box without the flag.
(Which I took out of the resource. ??)
Does XP, on bootup, reconstruct the "flag logo" and store it in NTUSER.dat?
if you mean the boot-screen, it is inside ntoskrnl.exe
you can see it with a resource extractor - and modify it - although that isn't a great idea - lol
it is a 16-color bitmap - be careful what you do to the palette, as it is also used elsewhere
i forget where the welcome screen is - maybe the same file, or someplace similar
there is a freeware program that you can use to play with it - i think it's called BootScreen :P
it is no longer supported, but it is still in use
if you google around a bit, there are forums and sites that have customized screens, skins, icons
Tried to attached the explorer2.exe, but even zipped it was too large.
Gotta find a place to send it too, lessin' that "frog" place allows file uploads 2?
www.4shared.com (http://www.4shared.com)
it's free to sign up
i use a seperate yahoo e-mail address for 4shared
you may want to do the same (i.e., create a new yahoo account, first)
you get something like 20 Gb space
200 Mb file size limit
http://www.4shared.com/file/0X04gk9A/explorer2.html
that was quick - lol
i got the d/l :U
it would also work great for daughter's videos :bg
i don't get it - lol
it says it is from Microsoft
same version the one i have, except 2 Kb smaller
Hmmm...... somebody really likes chocolate mints! :bg
The modified version does not run on Win7
I get an NTSTATUS error code: 0xc0000142
{DLL Initialization Failed}
Initialization of the dynamic link library %hs failed. The process is terminating abnormally.
To use my modification, do this.
Stop explorer.exe using Task Manager.
Then, File....New Task....Run....Explorer2.exe
You should then see, GO in a green box where Start used to be.
Bonus
This one has a description of the file. (Has source too.)
http://www.4shared.com/file/tt2391Sy/PE_ExtractorA9.html
Quote from: Gunner on December 16, 2010, 03:11:40 AM
Hmmm...... somebody really likes chocolate mints! :bg
The modified version does not run on Win7
I get an NTSTATUS error code: 0xc0000142
{DLL Initialization Failed}
Initialization of the dynamic link library %hs failed. The process is terminating abnormally.
Thanks, I would imagine that Win 7 totally rewrote explorer.exe.
To change mine,
I used resource hacker to open a COPY in another directory.
Go to String Table and find the text that you want to change.
In my example it was Start which I changed to GO.
Next thing I did was find the icon that is displayed on the Start button.
I deleted that resource entirely.
This gives a cleaner button.
Then do a Save As and exit Resource Hacker.
Then reboot and hit F8 to get to Safe Mode.
For Win XP, I had to copy the new explorer2.exe to both the Windows and the System32/dllcache/ directories.
Finally, you need to change a registry key to point to your new file.
Go to "Start," "Run," and type in "regedit".
When the Registry Editor loads expand to the following directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE,Microsoft,Windows NT,CurrentVersion, and WinLogon.
Now look for "Shell", and right-click it.
Select "Modify."
Now, type in Explorer2.exe
You now need to reboot to see the changes.
Yeah, that is an old trick from years ago! Modifying the start button with a resource editor... Win 7 doesn't have a "button" it has an "orb"