Editing explore in windows xp is very easy with available tools its not as difficult like
old dos based tedious method here u need just one tool called RESOURCE HACKER
It is a resource viewer it will show u Resources in any 32bit Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000 executable files (including exe’s, dll’s, ocx’s and cpl’s) . ok go in
to ur windows directory and find explorer.exe and make its two copies name them
As explorer_1 and explorer_2 .exe respectively and keep them in windows folder only.
We will edit explorer_1 and will keep explorer_2 as backup copy if anything goes
wrong. Open explorer_1.exe in resource hacker and go to String table and edit
whatever u want to even u can change start button by ur name or anything else
After editing even a single word do not forget to click the COMPILE button. Change
icon or u can change animated message such as when u install a new programs so
when u go to all programs a animated message comes “New Program Installed” u can
change it by ur sentence etc. now we have edited the explore_1 now go To File menu
in Resource hacker and save it as explorer_1.exe it will ask u that explorer_1.exe is
already present do u want to replace it, click YES. Now we have our edited explorer.
Now restart ur computer in safe mode with command prompt by pressing F8 during
booting process . Now we will copy explorer_1.exe on explorer.exe by typing
command Copy C:\windows\explorer_1.exe C:\windows\explorer.exe
Now restart ur computer and what u will seeing that u r working with ur edited
explorer. If anything goes wrong than just copy explorer_2.exe on explorer.exe by
same process.
old dos based tedious method here u need just one tool called RESOURCE HACKER
It is a resource viewer it will show u Resources in any 32bit Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000 executable files (including exe’s, dll’s, ocx’s and cpl’s) . ok go in
to ur windows directory and find explorer.exe and make its two copies name them
As explorer_1 and explorer_2 .exe respectively and keep them in windows folder only.
We will edit explorer_1 and will keep explorer_2 as backup copy if anything goes
wrong. Open explorer_1.exe in resource hacker and go to String table and edit
whatever u want to even u can change start button by ur name or anything else
After editing even a single word do not forget to click the COMPILE button. Change
icon or u can change animated message such as when u install a new programs so
when u go to all programs a animated message comes “New Program Installed” u can
change it by ur sentence etc. now we have edited the explore_1 now go To File menu
in Resource hacker and save it as explorer_1.exe it will ask u that explorer_1.exe is
already present do u want to replace it, click YES. Now we have our edited explorer.
Now restart ur computer in safe mode with command prompt by pressing F8 during
booting process . Now we will copy explorer_1.exe on explorer.exe by typing
command Copy C:\windows\explorer_1.exe C:\windows\explorer.exe
Now restart ur computer and what u will seeing that u r working with ur edited
explorer. If anything goes wrong than just copy explorer_2.exe on explorer.exe by
same process.
