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Change the text on the Windows Start Button
Starttxt is a piece of software I wrote in Visual Basic in 2002.
Starttxt will replace the text on the Start button that looks like this by default:
to:
or:
Known Bugs & Limitations
- It takes some time until the routine works.
- Moving the start bar resets the text
- Works on Windows 2000 and Windows XP with classic theme.
Technical background
- This program replaces all “Start” it can find in the open Wnidows with the text you give it
Installing
- Get the starttxt.exe selfextracting zip.
- Read the Readme
- Run Setup.exe: Set the text and close it.
- Run Auto.exe
- Put Auto.exe into your Autostart.
Download
- starttxt.exe (selfextracting zip)