How can i change the caption of the start menu button

[XxEvilxX]

i cant figure out the code i got the code to change captions and that but i cant chage that caption

[steve75]

Well if you're using a textbox it would be
txttext.text = "(new caption)"

combobox
cbotext.caption = "(new caption)"

This should do the trick.....if it doesn't be a little bit more specific with your problem and we'll see what else we can do

Steve

[Yonatan]

AND... The caption is limited to 5 chars.

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[Yonatan]

I think this is the right Start...
Explorer.exe offset 00167286, it originally looks like:
S.t.a.r.t.
Where the dots are hexadecimal character 00.
So it originally looks like:
53007400610072007400
(This is Win98)

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[XxEvilxX]

what the code tho

[Yonatan]

Oh you want to do this through VB?
Sorry, can't!
Explorer.exe is always open with Lock Write, so nothing can write to Explorer.exe while Windows is running.

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[Serge]

Combobox doesn't have Caption ptoperty. And I think he is talking about the START button on the taskbar.

The information on this button is stored in explorer.exe You will have open this file in binary mode, then find the START word (be careful there's more then one word START in there, but I dont remember which one you need)

Regards,

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Serge

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[Zaf Khan]

Find a demo here http://home.clara.net/doczaf/startbtn95.zip http://home.clara.net/doczaf/startbtn98.zip

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[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Get a resource editor you can change it to whatever u want.

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[SteveCRM]

I found this code while on planet source code. http://www.vb-world.net/cgi-bin/postings.cgi?action=reply&forum=General+Visual+Basic+Questions&number=1&topic=007215.cgi&TopicSubject=How+can+i+change+the+caption+of+the+start+menu +button Sorry, I don't know how to make links in the BB.

Steve