Simplify Start Menu on Windows 95 (build 950)
Some entries in the start menu won't vanish via settings in the registry but
can be removed via manipulating the shell.
Standard shell for Windows is EXPLORER.EXE. Use a hex editor (e.g UltraEdit-32)
to make changes to binary files.
Always remember to make backups of your files before manipulating them !
Simple version (remove Programs entry)
- Open EXPLORER.EXE with a hex editor.
- At the hex address 02C2A0, you'll see & P r o g r a m s (characters
separated by nulls [#00] not spaces [#20])
- Replace each of the characters with spaces [#20].
- That will make the menu entry vanish.
Complex version (remove most entries)
- Open EXPLORER.EXE with a hex editor.
- Goto hex address 2C300
- Replace 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 with 20 00 20 00 20
00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00.
- Goto hex address 2C310
- Replace all characters until address 2C41B with alternating 20 and 00.
- Goto hex address 2C420.
- Replace 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 with 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00.
- Goto hex address 2C428.
- Replace 00 00 00 00 F7 01 00 00 with 20 00 20 00 F7 01 20 00.
- Goto hex address 2C430.
- Replace 00 with 20.
- Goto hex address 2C434.
- Replace all the characters until the address 2C447 with alternating 20 and
00.
- Goto hex address 2C44A.
- Replace 00 00 00 00 with 20 00 20 00.
- Goto hex address 2C450.
- Replace 52 00 75 00 6E 00 2E 00 2E 00 2E 00 00 00 00 00 with 20 00 20 00 20
00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00.
- Goto hex address 2C460.
- Replace 00 with 20.
- Goto hex address 2C462.
- Replace 00 00 00 00 00 00 with 20 00 20 00 20 00.
That's it.
See this page if you want to change the name
of the START button.