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NOTE: If you are facing problems while saving the file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher, it can be found in our "Download" section.
Also if you are getting error "Can't create file...", that means you have edited and saved the file in past and there is a backup file which need to be deleted before saving this file again. Go to "System32" folder and you'll see a file having "shell32_original.dll". Delete it and try to save the file in resource hacker.
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This tutorial will help you in enabling "View" menu on Desktop which is now available by default.
1. Open %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll file in Resource Hacker.
2. Goto: Menu -> 215 -> 1033.
3. In right-side pane, replace the line saying:
POPUP "&View", 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
to:
POPUP "&View", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
i.e., you have to only change the ID 28674 to 0. It can also be done by deleting the text after "&View" and after compilation resource hacker will automatically add the remaining part.
4. Now click on Compile Script button and save the file.
Now after restarting the PC, you'll see the VIEW menu on desktop and it'll work without any problem.
NOTE: After applying this tweak the "View" button on Toolbar will stop working.
If you want to add your name in context menu as shown in the above pic, then follow steps given in following tutorial:
How to Add Your Name in Desktop Context Menu in Windows XP?
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Father Monkey
SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS possible to preserve the functionality of the toolbar button AND to have the popup menu on desktop....
=)
how??
instead of changin the value to "zero", add the following after the "}"...
POPUP "&View", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "T&humbnails", 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Tile&s", 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Ico&ns", 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
so the entire text should look like this:
215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
POPUP "&View", 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "Filmstri&p", 28719, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "T&humbnails", 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Tile&s", 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Ico&ns", 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&List", 28715, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Details", 28716, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&View", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "T&humbnails", 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Tile&s", 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Ico&ns", 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
POPUP "Arrange &Icons By", 28673, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "", 30208, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Show in &Groups", 30209, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Auto Arrange", 28753, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "A&lign to Grid", 28756, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM "R&efresh", 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Customize This &Folder...", 28722, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Paste", 28698, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Paste &Shortcut", 28700, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Undo", 28699, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
}
then press compile, and save...
I intentionally removed the DETAILS, LIST and FILMSTRIP views from the view context menu because those views look TERRIBLE!! (i guess that's why these options are not available by default).
if you´re looking for thumbnails for your images(in desktop too!!), i recommend u:
Xentient Thumbnails... supports more image formats than xp´s default thumb generator plus low resources usage
VG
^^ Great work. Thanks for sharing.
Riza
As usuall when I add new values like these Father Monkey's I get: Compiler Error in line 15 at offset 13
Invalid statement: Text expected.
:S
VG
^^ You'll need to remove all double-quotes "" in the code and then type them manually. The site formatting change the double-quote in a character which is not supported by resource hacker.
Riza
I copy first code in Notepad then I place in Rseource Hacker. :S
Oh, now I removed quotes and when I placed new quotes from my keyboard (US english) I noticed different quotes.
Good, let see what happens.
Father Monkey
bad new folks.....
Can´t get image thumbs on desktop...
=(
VG
I have fixed the site style and now you should not face any problem while copying the text. No need to manually replacing double-quotes.
ian jay
Vishal,
how do i remove this?
because the result is this.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=rvkc4p&s=4
send me a tutorial through my email ..
thank you Vishal.
VG
^^ I think you have 2 separate lines for View menu in the file. Make sure there is only single line containing View code in the file.
fzweb
Hi Vishal
Is it possible to change e.g. Thumbnails to Large Icons, Tiles to Medium icons, and Icons to Classic Icons, just like in Vista, without the system crashing?
Thanks in advance.