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Shut Down Prank

This is an extremely simple and easy prank to pull on anyone whose computer you have physical access to. What basically happens is you create a batch file that will shut down the computer and display a message of your choosing when a certain "disguised" icon is clicked on. This makes a wonderful prank, but it is also fun to do to your own computer, as it is much easier to double click on one desktop button than to click start shut down turn off blah blah blah. Here we go...

Choose a random place to hide the real My Documents folder. If you are unsure of your technological talents, back the folder up on a disk. Its easiest to just drag and drop My Documents into another random folder on the desktop (creates a shortcut) and delete the icon from the desktop.
Open up notepad
Type: shutdown -s -t 15 -c "Bill Gates Hates you"
^The number 15 means the message will display for 15 seconds before the computer shuts down. What is inside the quotations is what the message will say. These may be changed to fit your pranking needs.
Click File, Save As
Save to the desktop as YourFileName.bat
Click on a folder on the desktop (almost any will work)
Click Tools at the top, then Folder Options
Go to the File Types tab
Click New
Type .bat, Click advanced and make sure it is aligned MS-DOS batch file.
OK!
Click Advanced (in the File Types tab)
Click Change Icon
Choose the icon that looks like My Documents
OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK etc.
Rename it as My Documents and put it in the spot where the REAL My Documents used to be.

**If you are just doing this for your own computer, you can also change it to the icon that looks like the shutdown button (red square with a white power symbol). I believe there are even two different sized buttons to choose from. And you can change the name to "Off", "Shut This Bitch Down" etc.

Change Name of Start Button

Change text on Start button:

As always, make sure you BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY in case you make any mistakes!

The first thing you need to do is do a Google search on "Resource Hacker" (without quotes) and download it.

Part I:

Open Resource Hacker
Click File in the upper left hand corner
Click open
Select My Computer from the drop down menu
Open the C drive, open Windows
Type "explorer.exe" (without quotes)
Click on String Table
Open folder 37
Click 1033 (should be the only thing in the folder)
Start should be the first word in the list
Change the word to whatever you want it to say, but DO NOT get rid of the quotations around the word.
Compile script (button on top)
Save as (ex: explorer_changed.exe) You can name it whatever you want, but make sure you can remember what it is, and save it as an executable file (.exe)

Part II:
Click on START (soon to be something else)
Click RUN
Type "regedit" (without quotations)
Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Open SOFTWARE
Open MICROSOFT
Open WindowsNT
Open Current Version
Open winlogon
Double click on shell on the right
Change the name of the file to whatever you saved as in part I (ex: explorer_changed.exe)
Restart your computer and there you have it!

Change Recycle Bin Name

Most icons on the desktop can easily be renamed by right clicking. The recycle bin, however is a bit more stubborn. I have often found myself consumed with the desire to chance the name of the recycle bin to something more appropriate such as "Compost Heap", "Garbage Bin", "Moldy Cheese" etc. SO here is a registry hack that just about anyone can use to rename the recycle bin... just remember to BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY first, in case you make a mistake somewhere along the way.

Click on START
Click RUN
Type "regedit" (without quotes) and press ENTER
On the left, there are a few folders. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
Find and open the SOFTWARE folder.
Open MICROSOFT
Open WINDOWS
Open Shellnoroam
Open MUIcache
On the right, find "Recycle Bin" and double click it.
Type the new name of your Recycle Bin in the Value Data field.
Exit regedit.
Click anywhere on your desktop and press F5 to see your changes.