Great Freebie Program for WXP to Rename Start Button

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<<StartBtn Renamer v2.00 [363k] WXP FREE
http://www.geocities.com/startbtn/ProgFull.zip
http://www.startbtn.main-page.com/
"StartBtn Renamer is a simple utility for renaming the [Start] button in Windows XP.
With this freeware tool, you can change default Label of the [Start] button with your own text.
This is great when you want to tease your friends
or when you intend to have a greater variety in Windows...
StartBtn Renamer runs and works under Windows XP.
StartBtn Renamer can run from the Command Line.
It is [also] open source. Re-sizes the [Start] button
proportionally to the width of the new label (in pixels).">>

I've always hated MS name for this button considering it also closes
I have renamed mine YEE HAW ;)

;)



This is a neat little trick. In the Windows Start Menu folder, create a folder called (are you ready?) Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

When you are done, the name will change to 'Control Panel' without the extension. Now, when you open Explorer, select Control Panel and it will bring up all the items in your control panel. Just in case you're wondering, all the numbers and letters refer to a class ID within the registry.
plus it's on top of the start menu ;)

p.s. one of my favorite methods of accessing Windows Explorer is the Windows Key + E

:D
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

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Why do you have to press the Start button to shut down anyway???

I went with the CRAP! button.
 
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Spac3d

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Nice find! But I cant get the link to work, either of em :/

Hopefully we can get the link working again :D

Spac3d
 
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p.s. one of my favorite methods of accessing Windows Explorer is the Windows Key + E

love this! thanks

PS it there a site with all those cool XP sercret shortcuts?
 
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<< This is a neat little trick. In the Windows Start Menu folder, create a folder called (are you ready?) Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} When you are done, the name will change to 'Control Panel' without the extension. Now, when you open Explorer, select Control Panel and it will bring up all the items in your control panel. Just in case you're wondering, all the numbers and letters refer to a class ID within the registry. plus it's on top of the start menu ;) >>



I remember doing that in Win98. It made getting to the particular Control Panel so much faster. Buuuuuut, you can have Winxp make the Control Panel on the Start Menu do the same thing. Here are the directions:
1. Right click on the Taskbar, and select 'Properties'.
2. Select the 'Start Menu' tab.
3. Click 'Customize'.
4. Select the 'Advanced' tab.
5. Select the 'Display as a menu' radio button under 'Control Panel'.
6. Click 'OK'.
7. Click 'OK'.
8. Open the Start Menu, and highlight the 'Control Panel'. A menu listing all the Control Panels will pop up!
 
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MyBuds

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cool. i also like the program that reveals passwords thats located on the same page. that can come in handy.
 
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vortix

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There's a really nice program out there that lets you change EVERYTHING that has to do with the WinXP UI. Don't remember exactly what it's called, but it's pretty cool bc you can actually change anything you want, including the start menu, taskbar, scroll bars, log on screen, etc. Anyone know what I'm talking about? I'll check my XP machine later and see if I still have it on there.
 
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<< <<StartBtn Renamer v2.00 [363k] WXP FREE
http://www.geocities.com/startbtn/ProgFull.zip
http://www.startbtn.main-page.com/
"StartBtn Renamer is a simple utility for renaming the [Start] button in Windows XP.
 >>



i think links are dead....anyone else get'em to work?

btw, does anyone know how to make a shortcut to shutdown the pc? u used to be able to do that with win98:

-create a shortcut
-type in:
c:\windows\run32dll.exe User,ExitWindows
-name the shortcut
-save

but this doesn't work in xp...if anyone else knows another way...

 
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BLoop

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This is going to be a bit long winded but here you go FunkmasterT.

To Make Shortcuts for Shutdown/Restart/Logoff/Switch User

To Logoff:

%windir%\System32\LogOff.exe

To Switch Users or Lock the User:

%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

To Shutdown you can use the shutdown command. Here are the details:

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx]
[-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

No args Display this message (same as -?)
-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds (def. is 30 sec.)
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [U}[p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

The problem with this is that it hangs at "Windows is ready to be Shutdown" and you have to hit the Power button to finish. Instead you can use "restart.vbs" from

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/

This is a wsh script file and is executed as:

cscript restart.vbs ........

Main Function: Shutsdown, PowerOff, LogOff, Restarts a machine.
Restart.vbs /S <server> [/U <username>] [/W <password>] [/O <outputfile>] [/L] [/P][/R][/i] >>

[/F] [/T <time in seconds>]

PARAMETER SPECIFIERS:
/T Amount of time to perform the function
/Q Perform Shutdown
/P Perform Poweroff
/R Perform Reboot
/L Perform Logoff
/F Force Function
server A machine name
username The current user's name
password Password of the current user
outputfile The output file name

For example:

Poweroff : %windir%\System32\cscript.exe H:\system~2\restart.vbs /S My_PC_Name /P
Restart %windir%\System32\cscript.exe H:\system~2\restart.vbs /R My_PC_Name /P

Where "My_PC_Name" is the "Computer Name" of this PC listed in the System applet of the Control Panel and H:\system~2\ is the folder that I saved "restart.vbs" in.

You also need to have
"PowerdownAfterShutdown" set to 1 in the registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

in order for the Shutdown shortcut to actually turn the PC off.

edit: Sorry, that's it's a bit unreadable. I had it formatted but when I post, the extra tabs and spaces get removed.
 
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hudster

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wait, what forum am i in? am i still in the hot deals forum? oh, ok, i am, for a second there i couldn't tell...

;)
 
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