Explorer.exe is the file that controls almost the entire look, feel and functioning of the Windows Operating System. It is the file that holds the key to customizing Windows completely to suit one's personal preferences and likes. It is also possible to edit the explorer.exe file by following these steps:
1) The first step before starting to edit the explorer.exe file is to restart the computer in the command line mode. So, restart your computer
2) Once you have restarted the system in the command line mode, you should be in the same working directory as the explorer.exe file, which is generally the Windows root directory:
C:\>cd windows
3) Open the explorer.exe file in the MSDOS editor with the help of /70 parameter which basically means that the editor window shall open with 70 columns on each line:
C:\windows>edit/70 explorer.exe
4) The explorer.exe file shall now open in a blue screen containing large amounts of unrecognizable characters and a few recognizable characters as well. For each character that is displayed in the screen, the corresponding value and Line numbers are displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the screen.
5) Scroll down and edit those parts of the explorer.exe file that contain recognizable text, in order to edit a variety of different aspects of the look & feel of the Windows Operating system. Although editing is not too difficult, it is also handy to keep the following facts in mind:
a) Ensure that the total number of characters in the explorer.exe file must always remain the same to avoid corruption of the operating system. Hence one must remain very careful against accidental deletion, modification or addition while editing the file.
b) The explorer.exe file has a number of spaces throughout its body. However, it is important to note that these spaces are different from the spaces normally created by the spacebar. The value of the explorer.exe space is 0, while the value of the space created by the spacebar is 32.
c) Each ampersand sign (&) in explorer.exe signifies that the next character in the file shall appear underlined in the Windows operating system and is commonly used as a keyboard shortcut to execute that particular option.
d) Normally, when you right click on the Windows desktop taskbar, a pop up context menu containing various options (like Properties, Always on top, Auto hide) are displayed on the screen. It is possible to modify the context menu by scrolling down to the 1300 – 1400 lines of the explorer.exe file.
e) To edit the context menu options that appear when you right click on the Clock present at the bottom right corner of the screen, scroll down to the lines starting at 2300.
f) To edit start menu options including the text that appears on the Start button, scroll down to the lines starting at 2300.
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