Windows 7 - Start Menu Button - Change

sergiogarcia9 · 08-31-2009

How to Change the Start Menu Button in Windows 7

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**maranello** · 04-15-2010

@ ZaLiTH - that's good to know because i don't always have the time or the patience to wait for the take ownership process that takes a few good 8-10 min

**Starneox** · 04-23-2010

Great tutorial, I'll give it a shot.

**Strobes** · 05-25-2010

So I don't know what I did wrong, but when I tried to change the start orb, I couldn't do anything with explorer. I figured a restart would fix it, so I did that, bad idea! Now when I logon all I have is a black screen with the mouse pointer! I can open task manager and whatnot, but I don't know how to get explorer working again. Any help is greatly appreciated.

**ZaLiTH** · 05-26-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Strobes

So I don't know what I did wrong, but when I tried to change the start orb, I couldn't do anything with explorer. I figured a restart would fix it, so I did that, bad idea! Now when I logon all I have is a black screen with the mouse pointer! I can open task manager and whatnot, but I don't know how to get explorer working again. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I had the exact same problem recently, perhaps the fix I found would help for you as well? All depends on whether or not you can still use Ctrl+Alt+Del to log out of your profile when you hit that black screen.. But try it and see.

It's a bit of a two part thing; here is the process I used initially (link), and I found later I needed to perform one more step to get it working properly (link). Hope that helps a bit...

**Strobes** · 05-26-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by ZaLiTH

Quote: Originally Posted by Strobes

So I don't know what I did wrong, but when I tried to change the start orb, I couldn't do anything with explorer. I figured a restart would fix it, so I did that, bad idea! Now when I logon all I have is a black screen with the mouse pointer! I can open task manager and whatnot, but I don't know how to get explorer working again. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I had the exact same problem recently, perhaps the fix I found would help for you as well? All depends on whether or not you can still use Ctrl+Alt+Del to log out of your profile when you hit that black screen.. But try it and see.

It's a bit of a two part thing; here is the process I used initially (link), and I found later I needed to perform one more step to get it working properly (link). Hope that helps a bit...

Thanks for the help, I was able to get it working again today just after a restore point. I feel like an idiot for not thinking about that sooner. Panicked too early haha.

**ZaLiTH** · 05-26-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Strobes

Thanks for the help, I was able to get it working again today just after a restore point. I feel like an idiot for not thinking about that sooner. Panicked too early haha.

It happens like that sometimes, for some reason I always seem to go for the most complex solutions first, pretty much expecting the worst.. Guess it's my pessimistic side showing through hey. Anyways, glad you got it sorted.

**ALIENWARE** · 07-20-2010

Add a beautiful experience Gary

thanks

stereo · 08-04-2010

Can i make the START button a bit smaller ? Not only to change it,just smaller...
Is that possible ?

**tannim** · 08-05-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by stereo

Can i make the START button a bit smaller ? Not only to change it,just smaller...
Is that possible ?

Make it as tiny as you like. I made my start button tutorial because the button stuck out over the top of the task bar and annoyed me when use small icons was turned on.

Start Button - Create a Rectangular Start Button you can make your own rectangular (or orb) with freeware easily. Just shrink it below 28 pixels high to keep it inside the task bar.

**CreepinJesus** · 08-22-2010

I tried this trick earlier and now explorer.exe always asks for permission to do stuff. For example, I tried editing the security of a system file, and I got the "exploer.exe wants to modify system settings...etc etc.. Yes or No" - it's the UAC prompt, basically.

How do I set the patched explorer.exe to 'full trust'?

Windows 7 - Start Menu Button - Change

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