Changing the "All Programs" in the Start Menu


Tweak 2 - Change "All Programs". 9 steps, Average difficulty.

Concept: This is just like changing the start button but instead this is "All Programs" that we need to change. We will modify explorer.exe. If you have already done Tweak#1, jump to Step 3.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This changes the "All Programs" for all users, so don't do this if it isn't yours.



Step 1: To be safe, make a backup of explorer.exe from C:\Windows to your desktop.
Step 2: Rename the copy on your desktop to explorercopy.exe.
Step 3: Using your decompiler, decompile explorercopy.exe, click the resource viewer button and choose String#515 or if it's not named string#515, for other decompilers, search for the one with the "All Programs" text in it.
Step 4: After choosing string#515, edit it. Rename the "All Programs" word with anything else you want. You can also edit the other words there.
Step 5: Save the changes, and copy it to C:\Windows.
Step 6: Open the Registry Editor.
Step 7: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT
\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
Step 8: Edit the key string "Shell", and replace explorer.exe with explorercopy.exe.
Step 9: Restart your computer.

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