How to Customize Start Menu Button in Windows 7

Have you ever wondered how to customize the start menu button in
Windows 7? Well it is possible to spice up your copy of Windows 7
by giving a new look to the start menu button. Here is a
detailed tutorial on how to do it. The following images shows a preview
of how your start menu would look like before and after the
customization process is done.


 
Default Start Menu Button


 
Customized Start Menu Button




 
Tools That You Need:

1.
2. Custom Start Menu icons (images). It mush be of the size 54×162 with a .bmp extension. which looks something as follows

They must be in the following order:
1st Image - When the button is not in use
2nd Image - When the mouse pointer is over the button
3rd Image - When the button is clicked
I have created a few customized buttons which are ready to use. You can download them from the following link.

 
Once you have all those resources ready, you can start the customization process as follows…
1. “explorer.exe“ which is located in the Windows Folder (Most likely in C:\Windows).
2. Open the Resource Hacker Tool.
3. Go to File menu and click on Open. Now load the file “explorer.exe” into the Resource Hacker.
4. Expand Bitmap branch in the left pane.
5. Now expand 6801 option, right-click on 1033 and select Replace Resource option.
6. A new window appears. Click on Open file with new bitmap button.
7. Navigate to the customized (.bmp) image, open it and click on Replace button.
8.  Repeat steps 4 to 7 above for the options 6805 and 6809 as well.

9. Now click on Save option (File->Save). Resource Hacker will automatically create a backup file called explorer_original.exe so that you can restore it in the future if needed.
10. Log Off and Log On to see the changes in effect.
NOTE: If you are running 64-bit edition of Windows 7, then you need to use Resource Hacker version 3.5.2 beta which is 64-bit compatible. It is available from the same link provided above.
I hope you enjoy this trick. Pass your comments and share your experience.

Nice Info Dude

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yeah nice info so ty

Hey dude can u tellme is windows 7 good?

Well yeah...
Graphically its good. Many of my friends used it and they said that XP is better.
I'm not sure but I think it's loaded with bugs

PEOPLE SAY WINDOWS 7 IS WAY BETTER THAN XP


BUT ONLY PROB IS THAT 99% OF GAMES DONT WORK
=D =D
THERE IS SO MUCH SECUTITY IN WIDOWS 7 ITS PRATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HACK SOMETHINGWINDOWS 7 RULES
BUT FOR GAMES:|
=D 

OOoo den i will continue wid xp

BTW thnks for d info

HEHEHE NO PROBS

WIN7 BOOTS FAST DAN XP ....BUT I LUV XP ... BCOZ ALL HACKZ WORKS ON XP ... N FOR WIN7 I HAVE SEARCH AGAIN ... I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN XP WIN ...

win 7 is damn best .. but you shud hav gud configuration. i mean first of all you shud check if ur hardware is suitable n driver updates are available with win7

my graphic card has no update for win 7 .. since hardware doesnt support n my cs graphics sux but playable