Remember the old good XP days when you can easily change the start button and replace the button with a string of your choice. This trick was made successful using a tool Resource Hacker and was discovered by well known MVP Vishal Gupta. Now with Windows 7 as well start button change is possible. This trick has been discovered at MintyWhite’s Blog which is a blog by a MVP. The whole procedure has been automated by a 12 year young member at TWC, Kishan Bagaria. This freeware portable app allows you change the Windows 7 Start Orb or Button easily.
If you are bored of look at the same old Windows 7 Start Orb, you can now change it easily.
Click on Select & Change Start Button to select a custom Start Orb.
The program will backup you original explorer.exe, change the start button and restart explorer.exe.
To restore the default Start Orb and explorer from the backup, click Restore Original Explorer Backup.
The next time you want to change the start orb and you start the app, it will appear like this:
NOTES:
1. Before changing from one custom orb to another custom orb, I’d suggest you first Restore Original Explorer Backup and go back to the defaults and then change over to another custom orb.
2. The program, must be run from its own Program Folder, ie the two files “Windows 7 Start Orb Changer” & “r.exe” must be in the same directory.
3. Best to always create a System Restore point first. Should you face any issue, you can always restore back to a good point. Alternatively, copy-paste sfc /scannow in start search and when it appears in the search result, right click on it and Run As Admin. This will run the System File Checker and replace all corrupted system files with original system files.
4. In the rare eventuality that you lose your explorer.exe, then from your desktop, press CTRL-SHIFT-ESC to bring up the Task Manager. Click File tab > New Task > Type cmd > Click Run. In the command prompt which opens, type sfc /scannow and hit enter. Restart when asked to.
5. IF in x64 version, you receive an ‘unhandled exception‘ error, please click on Continue or try running it again ‘As an Admin‘.
6. The download also includes some 10 Sample Start Orbs, whose creators have been duly credited there. If you need more, you can always search for them on DeviantArt on on the internet.
Download here : W7SBC
Thanks for this.