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Changing Start Button Posted by Naveen on 8 Feb 2001 at 2:27 AM
Hi
I want to change the content in the Start button of Windows.
Like I want to change Start button to my name.
That is instead of start it should display Naveen.
How to do this
Please help me

Thanks
Naveen


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Re: Changing Start Button Posted by Matt(AA) on 8 Feb 2001 at 8:19 AM
Check out the following guide:

http://registry.winguides.com/display.php/791/

Make sure you don't corrupt your explorer.exe file though. ;)

-Matt(AA)

: Hi
: I want to change the content in the Start button of Windows.
: Like I want to change Start button to my name.
: That is instead of start it should display Naveen.
: How to do this
: Please help me
:
: Thanks
: Naveen
:
:


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Re: Changing Start Button Posted by shobyaib on 30 Apr 2002 at 10:50 AM
: Hi
: I want to change the content in the Start button of Windows.
: Like I want to change Start button to my name.
: That is instead of start it should display Naveen.
: How to do this
: Please help me
:
: Thanks
: Naveen
:
:
:

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Re: Changing Start Button Posted by ojaswa_sharma on 7 May 2002 at 2:10 AM
Hi ! naveen
u know this is very simple if u know a bit of win32 programming.
do as follows.
create a formless application in vb/vc++
then search for the start button's handle.(not difficult)
get the drawing context thru the handle.
try pasting any picture on this context using bitblt api call...and hope u'll land up with that picture on the start button.

if this does not works then try this:

create a dummy button having ur name on it(or any picture) the dummy button should have the same dimensions as that of the start button and should be placed over it so that it hides the start button.
now every timr u click the start button,ur program should send appropriate messages (menu open,...blah blah) to the system so that it functions just like the start button.

then run ur invisible program at startup.
bye.




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Re: Changing Start Button Posted by Sephiroth2 on 20 May 2002 at 1:15 PM
Or you can probably just send BM_SETIMAGE to the button.



 

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