Aqua-Soft ForumsIs it possible to rename the 'Control Panel' to something like 'System Preferences'?? Can it be done through the registry??
Siddharth
Renaming Control Panel
Siddharth I've found this. I'd try it out but I'm on my parents computer at the moment and I don't have my computer to mess with since it's back at school. Let us know if it works though.
Info from Virtual Plastic
http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/task_itm.html#3
Rename items
The names of the main items in the startmenu are stored in explorer.exe, so can't be modified by editing the registry or something... You might use a hex-editor to modify menu resource 204, but you'll need some advanced editing skills to get it done (we don't...). There's also some resource editors, that support editing this kind of resource in an easy way, though. More info here
An even more easy solution is a shareware app called Start Menu Changer. It lets you edit the icons, menu bitmap and also these names. Since explorer.exe has different language versions, there's support for different versions inside Windows 95. But for Windows 98 only the US version is supported...
In explorer.exe you'll find all main items and the "Settings" items. The "Find" items aren't there. We still can't find the main "find files" item, but any other find item can be edited through the registry. At the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\explorer\FindExtensions\Static you'll find those items. Underneath each item is a key called "0", you can change the name of the value inside.
I can't remember where I got this but
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Double Click on (Default) and type whatever you want.
Wow! It works, but just partially. The name still the same in the Start menu, but has been changed in the explorer views. Any idea?
Also, there is a way to change the name of the Desktop?
Wow mguiddy...it worked great job and flyakite appreciate your input...Thank you buddy.
Iceman..I'll look around and let you know if I find the key used to rename the Desktop...
Siddharth
I have always wondered how people figured out registry tweaks. Do the {h4j2h4kj2h34jkh};;,, really mean anything. How do you know what to change to achieve the desired effect?
if I'm not mistaken (which is a possibility 
) that is machine code...(hex stuff) which is jibberish to most of us...especially those who don't code in general 
(I do but am working on learning that in the future)
Well if you look at how to make shortcuts to open shell folders you'd see that
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe ,,::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Opens Control Panel
so the CLSID {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} would be connected to the Control Panel.
Kinda got me thinking that maybe we could change the (Default) for CLSID
{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
To change the name of the desktop.
Ohh and to change the name of the CP in the start menu you'd have to reshack explorer.exe's menu 204.
I'm too tired to try this stuff tonite.
when you open the control panel, the little information sidebar still says Control Panel after I renamed it, do I have to rename something else or is this just the theme?
Hazard666, my guess, although I have not checked it out because I'm home for break and don't have my computer with me, is that you have to edit the name in the explorer.exe file itself. Take a look above at my post (after Siddharth's). The info there says that to get it to change you have to edit the explorer.exe file to change the name. If you try it and get it to work let us all know.
Well, I've tweaked explorer.exe and edited the registry and everything's changed for the Control Panel. It works pretty fine.
Sadly, there is no way to make that ObjectBar shows Finder instead Desktop. I've tweaked a lot of registry settings, even shell32.dll and, although in all the system the name has been changed, not in ObjectBar, it still saying Desktop...
Any idea?
ive got an objectbar that already comes with the finder. Pretty nice theme too. I'll post it if u wish.
Wow! And it changes their name dinamically? I mean, it says Finder only when you're in the desktop?
thanks fly, I've just edited explorer.exe and everything changed but the "control panel" text on the sidebar so I'll just download stylebuilder for style xp and change it.
Hazard, did you replace the explorer.exe in both \system32 and \system32\dllcache? I'm just wondering if that has anything to do with it?
yeh I replaced both , first I only replaced the main explorer.exe and restarted to see what would happen, and it went back to the normal "control panel" setting, then I replaced both and on the start button the control panel changed to what I wanted (System Preferences). Just the sidebar says "Control Panel", I also tried to edit the stylexp skin thinking "control panel" was physically typed it but it said special group or special text(I don't remember now, I'm not at home), Anyone know how to fix this?
Well I don't know the solution, but I have some ideas. I haven't tried them yet because I just woke up, but here they are.
If you edit the registry value CLSID {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} that changed one of the control panel instances, maybe if you search the registry for another instance of {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} to see if there is one, it may be changeable as well. Or search explorer.exe for another instance of the hex values that you edited and see if they are changeable. Those are my ideas, don't know if they'll work though.
I ahve already tried that because when I tried renaming the first {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} that search found, it didn't work so I renamed every{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} to "system Pereferences and same goes for explorer.exe