Recently we posted about a cool registry trick which adds lots of useful system shortcuts like Control Panel, Task Manager, Device Manager, etc in My Computer context menu. This trick works in Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Add Control Panel, Registry Editor and Other Useful Shortcuts in My Computer Context Menu
The only missing thing in the above trick was the icon of the shortcut. The newly added shortcuts don't have any icon with them.
Heads up to our reader "cclloyd9785" who sent us a modified registry script which also adds the missing icons with the shortcuts:
It also adds 2 new shortcuts: Disk Cleanup and Windows Update. So now you get following 11 new shortcuts in My Computer context menu:
- Programs (Add/Remove Programs)
- Run Cleanup on this system
- Control Panel
- Device Manager
- Event Viewer
- Manage
- MSConfig
- Registry Editor
- Services
- Task Manager
- Windows Update
Just download following ZIP file, extract it and run desired REG file. It'll ask for confirmation, accept it:
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Andy
I'm loving these examples and the download files made available - thank you for tutorials - I am currently trying to add an icon for XnView shell extension (v2.60) - any icon e.g. I was trying to get the mspaint icon next to the label in the context menu but I am unable to do this.
Any chance you can have a look at this and see if it is possible ?
thanks.
Mike
excellent touch having the icons also...many thanks indeed.
Mike
I only wanted the 'task manager' option with icon but it doesn't work for me in W7 Ultimate 64bit.
Mike
ignore my previous comment...I had the 2 menu's mixed up.
can the same 'task manager' option with icon also be added to the desktop context menu?
Mike
you can also ignore my last comment
...figured it out after reviewing some of your other threads...very useful information you have here 'VG'.
many thanks.
Boris
Sorry for my ignorance but any REG file just opens in Notepad when I run it. Please, can you help?
peter pan
Very handy, but what if I want to delete one of those shortcuts in the future i.e. is there a way to delete them?
VG
^^ Uninstallation scripts are also included in the ZIP file.
@Boris
Right-click on REG file and select "Merge".
Boris
That's the problem, the REG file just continues to open in Notepad. How to force it ?
Thanks for the reply.
VG
^^ Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regedit\shell\open\command
In right-side pane, change value of default to:
regedit.exe "%1"