Has Anyone Tried This Tweak

[doubledragon5]

http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=683

And had any success with it? I tried it today, but can't seem to get it to work. I downloaded a picture and saved it has a .ico file using Xnview. Some of the instructions seem a little strange. Like this lost one.

5. Save this file as brand.reg, double-click it to enterin your information, and refresh Explorer (log off/on) to see it in the Start Menu!! This works in both Home and Professional (and probably 64-Bit Professional) Editions!

The first part after you save it as brand.reg what does this person mean "double-click?? You have to hit ok as far as I know.

The 2nd part I did like this: "C:\\Documents and Settings\Christopher S. Siano\My Documents\My Pictures\USA.ico" I'm just curious I like playing around and trying different things, because I figured it would help me better understand how to learn about changing things on my own without always needing to ask.

Thanks

[not important]

I can't get the link to work.

[CarlS]

I can't get the link to work either.

[doubledragon5]

This is the second weekend in a row that this site won't load. I had this happen last week. I was up there around 3am this morning. Well if it comes back on line give it a try anyway.

[MOSFET]

Seems interesting ........low rating though


Heres the content of the website:



Brand your copy of Windows XP Views: 141,565 | Avg. Rating: 2 out of 5 (104 Votes) | 8/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Print


Have you used someone's new Hewlet Packard with their OEM version of Windows XP? You've seen that HP has their own icon in the Start Menu, underneath Run, that goes to their Help Site. Now, you can have your icon that does anything you want (website, program, etc) and says anything you want. Basically, you are "branding" Windows XP (Home or Pro), great for if you are a computer builder and sell them, or you just want to make Windows XP your own. It involves Regedit.

1. Start up Notepad and create a new registry file (*.reg) and copy and paste the following into it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@="YOUR TITLE HERE"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
@="YOUR ICON HERE"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
64,00,6f,00,63,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{3f454f0e-42ae-4d7c-8ea3-328250d6e272}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}"
"method"="ShellExecute"
"Command"="YOUR TITLE HERE"
"Param1"="YOUR FUNCTION HERE"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:00000000

2. Edit where it says YOUR ICON HERE to a path to an icon (ex. c:\\icon.ico), it must be 24x24 pixels and in *.ico format. Use double back slash for path names.

3. Edit both places where it says YOUR TITLE HERE to what you want it to say in the Start Menu (ex. Elranzer Homepage).

4. Edit where it says YOUR FUNCTION here to what you want it to do when you click it, it can be anything... your website, a local HTML document, a program, a Windows funtion, whatever your imagination can provide (ex. http://www.elranzer.com).

5. Save this file as brand.reg, double-click it to enterin your information, and refresh Explorer (log off/on) to see it in the Start Menu!! This works in both Home and Professional (and probably 64-Bit Professional) Editions!

[doubledragon5]

Ya I have tried it for fun a dozen time with no luck. That is why it probably has a low rating.

[not important]

I tried that "tweak" and another that lets you change the name of the "START" button. They both would work until I rebooted and XP would revert to the default. I assumed it was something that I did, or did not, do correctly.

[doubledragon5]

I just fiished changing the start button and after rebooting the change stayed. Check it out

[bigandy]

Good find there doubledragon, I may have to give that a try some time. I assume that if you want, you can revert back to the original look?

[doubledragon5]

Ya but I rather keep my last name there instead

[not important]

Glad it works for you. It always goes back to "Start", after a reboot, on me. Maybe I'm not doing it right!

[doubledragon5]

Did you remember to do this part?

To copy the modified file just type
copy c:\windows\explorer.xp c:\windows\explorer.exe
assuming that's where you saved it to with your exe editor)