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o change the text  of start button firstly you have to download resource hacker tm for this.

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1. Make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows.

2. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe

3. Expand String table by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033.

4. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38.

5. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.

6. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted and replace the start with your name.

7.Click on compile and save it as file.exe or any other name but with .exe extension.

8. Go to start and in run ,type regedit and press enter.

9.Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon

10. In the Right pane, double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box.

11. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.

12. Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system.

13. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.
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