Windows 7 Start Orb Changer: Change Windows 7 Start Orb With One Click

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Works nicely on x64 Pro thanks!

[Techno_Funky]

Thanks for this loving it :)

[Azies]

Great application, works nicely here. :)

[ad!k1337]

Thanks for this little app ... now changing start orbs comes handy :woot:

[Scirwode]

Works nicely on x64 Pro thanks!

It doesn't work with the small taskbar though, all my buttons look out of place :( .

Scirwode

[Draconian Guppy]

Nice worked like a charm! Thank you so much! +1rep

[LiquidSolstice]

This is simply fantastic. I've been using this for a while from DA but didn't realize you posted it here too. It's a great way to make an easy change to your computer without patches or replacing system files. Good work :)

[arthur38]

any one got any suggestians how to change the start orb in windows vista ? .......... thnks in adv.

[Kishan Bagaria]

any one got any suggestians how to change the start orb in windows vista ? .......... thnks in adv.

In Windows Vista, the start orb is changed by the themes. So you will have to change the theme.

[arcinthesky]

Do I need to turn off UAC for this?

[Chester0]

Still doesn't work on my win7 x64 PC, maybe its cause of the higher DPI? it worked on some other PC's i tried; x86.

All goes ok, but icon is not changed.

Do I need to turn off UAC for this?

No, just run as Admin.

[LiquidSolstice]

Do I need to turn off UAC for this?

Nope. Just run as administrator and Allow the program. I never turn off UAC.

[slartybardfast]

Hi, I'm running WIndows 7 Enterprise (Build 7600) X64. When I run the app as admin I don't get an error. I try to change the start orb and it looks like it should work, explorer.exe restarts but the orb stays the same. If I look in explorer.exe using resource hacker it even looks like some of the bitmaps have been changed over but I still don't see the new orb. I've tried re-installing (my old install was new too) and running updates, I've disabled UAC just in case, and nothing seems to work. Does this have to do with my resolution or something maybe? This is driving me nuts.

[itzwolf]

Looks like a cool little program.

[slartybardfast]

Ahh nevermind I got it. It seems that it would only display after I went to Control Panel> Appearance and Personalization> DIsplay and changed to "smaller 100%". I wanted this setting anyhow. The giant windows fisher price icons are a big pain in the ass. Thanks! This saved me from having to reshack the start menu!!

[c3ntury]

Nice application, pity my Win7 machine is out of order so i am stuck with my XP machine at the moment.. so i can't really use it. Bookmarked for later though :D