NOTE: This tutorial has been featured by Microsoft. AskVG.com was the first website posting this unique trick.
As you all know about my "How to enable “VIEW” Menu on Desktop in Windows XP" tutorial which teaches you how to enable View menu in Windows XP Desktop context menu just like Windows Vista:
Many people have asked me how did I add my name on top in Desktop context menu as shown in above screenshot? So today I decided to write a small tutorial about it.
So here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to add any desired string in Desktop context menu:
1. Open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in resource hacker and go to:
Menu -> 215 -> 1033
2. Now add following line:
MENUITEM "xyz", 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT
Just after the:
215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
3. Replace "xyz" with any string which you want to add, e.g.
MENUITEM "!*~.VISHAL.~*!", 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT
4. Click on "Compile Script" button.
5. Save the file and restart your Windows to see the affect.
BONUS TIP: You can remove "MFS_GRAYED" or "MFS_DEFAULT" or both to have some different look. "MFS_GRAYED" is used to disable the text, if you'll remove it, your name will look like an enabled item. "MFS_DEFAULT" is used to show the text in Bold, if you'll remove it, your name will be shown as normal text instead of Bold.
NOTE: If you are facing problems while saving a file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher.
Also if you are getting error "Can't create file...", that means you have edited and saved the same file in past and there is a backup file which needs to be deleted before saving this file again. Go to the folder containing this file and you'll see a similar file having "_original" in its name. Delete it and try to save the file in resource hacker.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Resource Hacker, Windows XP.
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himanshu
hi i m himanshu
i want to write name on desktop properties
i did as you say
i wrote script and compile
and save
after restat i did not see any affect
i have problem to save file
please
tell me how i save
VG
^^ Run WFP Patcher in Safe mode and you'll be able to save the file.
himanshu
sorry sir
i dont now what is wfp patcher
and how i run with WFP patcher
please sir
sorry for asking again
VG
^^ You can download WFP Patcher from "Download" section and run it.
himanshu
hi
i download wfp patcher but it dosnt work
himanshu
can u send wfp patcher setup on my email id
himanshu.336@rediff.com
VG
^^ If you have saved the file once, then you'll not be able to save the same file again. Please read the information given in "NOTE" at start of the topic.
You can save the file at some other location and then use "Replacer" to replace the file. Replace can also be found in "Download" section.
himanshu
i know
some time ago
i was trying to change name of start menu
as u said
every thing was ok {no error found}
but when i restart the computer {i did not see any affect}
now my frnd said to after script as u said
go to the run =regedit=local machine=software=microsoft=win nt=current ver=win logon in the win logo open the file {{{{shell}}}and replace {{{explose.exe}}}}}
now i changed the start button
if u now easy method
so please tell me
VG
^^ Yeah. That method also works. If you disable WFP using WFP patcher, you'll not face any problem.
himanshu
but when i was install the wfp
and run it
my window was not opening
only open safe mode