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Few days ago, I got a friend telling me that it’d be nice to modify the default “Start” button to his name or any text that’s cool.

I know it’s possible to change the default Start button text because many years back, there was a utility to do that on Windows 98. After a quick search, I manage to find a small and free utility that’s able to easily change the default Start button text.


“StartBtn Renamer” is a simple utility for renaming the [Start] button under Windows XP. With this freeware tool, you can change default label of the [Start] button with your own text. StartBtn Renamer also is Open Source. This means that the source code of the program is presented with it, so that you could change it according to your own taste and wish, therefore you can add more possibilities on it.

Simply run the standalone program “StartBtn.exe” and then type your desirable label in the “New Label” field. By pressing the key, or clicking on the “Rename It” button, the [Start] button will rename with the new Label.

You can also rename the [Start] button by running the file “StartBtn.exe” from the MS-DOS command prompt. To do this, you must go the directory which you have been installed the application, use this syntax to run the program. To change the default [Start] to Raymond, you just need to run the commmand “StartBtn.exe Raymond”.

StartBtn Rename, a neat and simple tool that works ONLY on Windows XP.

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