Customizing the start up page
It is possible to change the Kazaa start up page to whatever website you want, even your own webpage. This can be done by making a little modification to your Kazaa.exe file.
First of all, you need to have the Resource Hacker tool. It is freeware and you can download it here. The file is just 541 KB. All you need to do is unzip it, and it is ready to use.
Second. Always make a backup copy of the file your are going to modify!
Now, lets get to business. Start Resource Hacker and open up the file Kazaa.exe
Go to 'String Table', click on '7', click on '1033'.
Line 105 is the one we are going to modify.
Redirecting to a website:
If you want for example the website Zeropaid.com loaded into Kazaa. Then you have to replace the current text in Line 105 with this in Resource Hacker:
"http://www.zeropaid.com/?bogus_fill_up_here_123456789123456789
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789"
Everything behind the ? is just to keep the text about equally long as the original.
Now click on 'Compile Script'. After that save your file. Done!
Redirecting to your own custom webpage:
You can make your own custom webpage.
Name your custom webpage "start.htm" and put it in the Kazaa Lite directory.
After that replace the current text in Line 105 with this in Resource Hacker:
"file://c:/program files/kazaa lite/start.htm?bogus_fill_up_here_123456789
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789"
Everything behind the ? is just to keep the text about equally long as the original.
Now click on 'Compile Script'. After that save your file. Done!
Redirecting to a blank page:
Follow the instructions above to redirect to your own custom webpage.
To create a blank webpage, create an empty textfile in your Kazaa Lite directory.
Copy the following code into that textfile:
<html><head><title></title></head><body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#000000 link=#00FF00></body></html>
Save the textfile. Now rename this textfile to "start.htm" (without the quotes).
Note: Make sure you have "hide file extentions for know filetypes" turned of. In Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options > View to turn if off. Otherwise the file might get the name start.htm.txt and it wouldn't work.
Important Note:
If you block outgoing web access for Kazaa.exe with your firewall, then you will not be able to load websites into Kazaa. You will get an error message instead. Using your own custom webpage can work however, as long as all the files you use are on your harddisk, and open outside links in a new browser window.