Portal:AOL-Files/Articles/Change the OnlineHost's Name on AOL 2.5

(Originally by AOL-Files staff member Tau)

In order to change the OnlineHost's name for AOL 2.5 you will first need to download a hex editor, such as UltraEdit-32 or HxD.

1. Close AOL 2.5, if it is open.
2. Open UltraEdit-32 via Start | Programs | UltraEdit | UltraEdit-32 Text Editor.
3. Navigate to your AOL 2.5/tool directory and open chat.aol. An example of the path you might use is C:/AOL25/Tool/Chat.aol
4. Hit Search | Replace. Where it says "Find What" type OnlineHost. Where it says "Replace With" type what you want the new OnlineHost's name to be. Note:The new name must be 10 characters in length and must be letters, numbers, or spaces. If the new name you want is Bob you need to include 7 spaces after "Bob" in order to make the new name 10 characters.
5. After doing that, click File | Save.
6. Open AOL2.5 and check if the new name has taken effect. If the chat room does not load properly you will need to go into your AOL25/Tool directory and delete chat.aol. Then rename Chat.aol.bak into Chat.aol.

Open AOL2.5 and check if the new name has taken effect. If the chat room does not load properly you will need to go into your AOL25/Tool directory and delete chat.aol. Then rename Chat.aol.bak into Chat.aol.