Now, the Windows 7 Start Orb Changer will change, and show your new Start orb on the left side. to your new, exciting Start orb! Here it is default, and glowing when hovered over. When it reappears, your computer will have gone from having the old, default Start orb style. When you click Open, your screen will momentarily freeze and your taskbar will disappear. Click the orb you want, and then select open. Let's give Windows the Media Center orb for a start orb. Here we browsed to the sample orbs folder, and selected one of them. Click the orb on the right to select a new start button. On the left it shows what your current (default) start orb looks like inactive, when hovered over, and when selected. You should now see the Windows 7 Start Button Changer. Click Quit, and then run again as administrator. If you don't run it as an administrator, you may see the following warning. Run the Windows 7 Start Button Changer as administrator by right-clicking on it and selecting "Run as administrator". The Windows Explorer will now restart automatically and you will get the new start orb/button which you choosed. If you have changed the start orb bitmap for the first time using this tool then it will create a backup of the unmodified explorer.exe.ģ.
When it asks for the new start orb bitmap, either choose from any of the sample start orb bitmaps provided or choose the one you have. Run the tool as administrator and click on "Select & Change Start Button".Ģ. Just follow the 1-2-3 simple steps to change your start orb:ġ.
Then enter a name for the restore point, and click Create. That said, it is always prudent to make a restore point just in case a problem did happen. We tested this on both the 32 bit and 64 bit editions of Windows 7, and didn't encounter any problems or stability issues. Enter System Restore in your Start menu search, and select "Create a restore point". It contains the app along with a selection of alternate start button orbs you can try out.īefore changing the start button, we advise creating a System Restore point in case anything goes wrong. The software provides pre-made Start Orbs and you can create your own.įirst, download the free Windows 7 Start Button Changer (link below), and extract the contents of the folder.
It works with both 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows 7. Have you got tired of the same age old Windows logo on the Start Button? If you want a change, there is a way.Ī free software called Windows 7 Start Button Changer can do it.
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