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System Name | Eldritch |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 5800X3D |
Motherboard | ASUS TUF X570 Pro Wifi |
Cooling | Satan's butthole after going to Taco Bell |
Memory | 64 GB G.Skill TridentZ |
Video Card(s) | Vega 56 |
Storage | 6*8TB Western Digital Blues in RAID 6, 2*512 GB Samsung 960 Pros |
Display(s) | Acer CB281HK |
Case | Phanteks Enthoo Pro PH-ES614P_BK |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS Xonar DX |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova 750 G2 |
Mouse | Razer Viper 8K |
Software | Debian Bullseye |
This should (in theory) change the start button, but here goes anyways. I did (or didn't, whatever you want to call it) do this on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
Step 1: Get artsy
Make a sweet picture of a nuclear trefoil from the Duke Nukem website.
Step 2: Rambo, I choose you!
Grab ResEdit x64, attempt to assume control of C:\Windows, and Explorer.exe - I apparently had trouble doing this right. Plan B: Copy Explorer.exe elsewhere.
Step 3: Take the safety off
Open new Explorer.exe with ResEdit, delete pictures 6801, 6805, and 6809, add the sweet trefoil 3 times (interesting...), rename one picture to 6801, the next to 6805, the last to 6809 (making sure that each of them are "English (United States)"). Save. Don't attempt to run the new Explorer.exe to see if it works.
Step 4: Pop a few shots
Attempt to write over the original Explorer.exe.
Step 5: Miss
Windows says I have to get permission to do that.
Step 6: Grab a bigger gun
Pop into Linux, teach Windows a thing or two.
Step 7: Complain about the giant hole in your forehead
Start Windows, around this time you should be greeted by a black screen and a message that says that Explorer.exe has crashed; if not, you are unlucky
Step 8: Grab a band-aid
Curse like a sailor. Pop back into Linux, notice that there are Explorer.exe.1 and Explorer.exe.2 in the Windows folder. Delete FUBARed Explorer.exe, rename Explorer.exe.2 to Explorer.exe.
All in all, nothing was lost. If anybody knows how to do it correctly, do tell.
Step 1: Get artsy
Make a sweet picture of a nuclear trefoil from the Duke Nukem website.
Step 2: Rambo, I choose you!
Grab ResEdit x64, attempt to assume control of C:\Windows, and Explorer.exe - I apparently had trouble doing this right. Plan B: Copy Explorer.exe elsewhere.
Step 3: Take the safety off
Open new Explorer.exe with ResEdit, delete pictures 6801, 6805, and 6809, add the sweet trefoil 3 times (interesting...), rename one picture to 6801, the next to 6805, the last to 6809 (making sure that each of them are "English (United States)"). Save. Don't attempt to run the new Explorer.exe to see if it works.
Step 4: Pop a few shots
Attempt to write over the original Explorer.exe.
Step 5: Miss
Windows says I have to get permission to do that.
Step 6: Grab a bigger gun
Pop into Linux, teach Windows a thing or two.
Step 7: Complain about the giant hole in your forehead
Start Windows, around this time you should be greeted by a black screen and a message that says that Explorer.exe has crashed; if not, you are unlucky
Step 8: Grab a band-aid
Curse like a sailor. Pop back into Linux, notice that there are Explorer.exe.1 and Explorer.exe.2 in the Windows folder. Delete FUBARed Explorer.exe, rename Explorer.exe.2 to Explorer.exe.
All in all, nothing was lost. If anybody knows how to do it correctly, do tell.
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