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08-29-2003, 11:59 PM
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How do i use a hex editor?
what does all this mean.....
You now need to find the word "Start", although there are many entries for "Start" in the file only one is used for to label the Start button. Use the search function in the hex editor to find all the strings equal to "S t a r t" which is represented as "53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74" in hex values. As there are many different "Start" strings keep searching until you find one located just before this text "There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using has been closed.". Below is a list of offsets to help you locate the correct text. Windows 98 Offset: 0x00028D6E - 0x00028D76 Windows NT4 Offset: 0x00028BEE - 0x00028BF6 Windows ME Offset: 0x00033DDE - 0x00033DE6 Windows 2000 Offset: 0x0003860E - 0x00038616 Windows XP (Enhanced Start Menu) Offset: 0x000412B6 - 0x000412BE Windows XP (Classic Start Menu) Offset: 0x0004158A - 0x00041592 Windows XP SP1 (Enhanced Start Menu) Offset: 0x0004208E - 0x00042096 Windows XP SP1 (Classic Start Menu) Offset: 0x0004259A - 0x000425A2 how do i find the offset? could someone recogmend a good and easy(if there is one) hex editor that i can use? |
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08-31-2003, 08:59 PM
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Member (7 bit)
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There is no easy hex editor. Dont play with it unless you know what your doing or you will screw your system. Espcially if your trying to replace the start button icon. Just use a program.
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08-31-2003, 09:50 PM
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many years ago norton utilites had a hex editor built in so you could look at the ansi code and the hex code at the same time and do the edit right there on screen, but have not seen that for many years now
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08-31-2003, 11:27 PM
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i would recommend using a program called BinEdit. It is free at download.com. The offsets are listed on the lefthand side after you open explorer.exe in the program. once you have found the line you want to edit, all you have to do is go up to edit -> write mode, and you can type over either the hex, or the alphanumeric equivalent. just remember to leave the periods there, and don't actually type period. click a letter, change it, click next letter, etc. make a backup of explorer before you do this.
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09-03-2003, 04:08 AM
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Member (10 bit)
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yeah, i know what u mean by "SCREWING UP" my system.
i accidentally replaced a file and i had no taskbar, icons on desktop. i just had 1 explorer window which i use to access regedit. hooray for backups! lol |
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09-03-2003, 05:14 AM
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do a google search for frhed it's a decent hex editor.
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