Rename Refresh entry by your name

Before starting the tutorial please have a a look at the following screen-shots so that you get an idea what I am talking about.

To achieve this follow the steps below-
open shell32.dll using resource hacker

• Once you have opened shell32.dll in Resource Hacker, go to

Menu > 215 > 1033

• here you will find some thing similar to this


215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP “”, 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
POPUP “&View”, 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM “Filmstri&p”, 28719, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “T&humbnails”, 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Tile&s”, 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Ico&ns”, 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&List”, 28715, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Details”, 28716, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
POPUP “Arrange &Icons By”, 28673, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM “”, 30208, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Show in &Groups”, 30209, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Auto Arrange”, 28753, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “A&lign to Grid”, 28756, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM “R&efresh”, 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Customize This &Folder…”, 28722, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Paste”, 28698, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Paste &Shortcut”, 28700, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Undo”, 28699, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
}


• Now to rename the “Refresh” with your name in the following line

MENUITEM “Refresh”, 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED

• edit the above code like below


MENUITEM “~! RITESH !~”, 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED


• Once you have done this click on Compile button. The final Code would look like this


215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP “”, 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
POPUP “&View”, 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM “Filmstri&p”, 28719, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “T&humbnails”, 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Tile&s”, 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Ico&ns”, 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&List”, 28715, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Details”, 28716, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
POPUP “Arrange &Icons By”, 28673, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM “”, 30208, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Show in &Groups”, 30209, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Auto Arrange”, 28753, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “A&lign to Grid”, 28756, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM “~! RITESH !~”, 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Customize This &Folder…”, 28722, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Paste”, 28698, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Paste &Shortcut”, 28700, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Undo”, 28699, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
}


• Now Save this as Shell32_new.dll in your desktop. Now Use replacer to Replace original Shell32.dll with Shell32_new.dll. After replacing restart your Windows to see changes.

To change like below edit the code to


215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP “”, 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
POPUP “&View”, 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM “Filmstri&p”, 28719, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “T&humbnails”, 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Tile&s”, 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Ico&ns”, 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&List”, 28715, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Details”, 28716, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “~! RITESH !~”, 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
POPUP “Arrange &Icons By”, 28673, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM “”, 30208, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Show in &Groups”, 30209, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Auto Arrange”, 28753, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “A&lign to Grid”, 28756, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Customize This &Folder…”, 28722, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “”, 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Paste”, 28698, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “Paste &Shortcut”, 28700, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM “&Undo”, 28699, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
}


If you have any difficulty in please reply

Note: Applies to Windows XP

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