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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Boris
Thanks very much, it worked!
ElQuia
Scripts don't work on Vista SP2 x64. Any chances of a x64 version?
peter pan
weird...doesn't seem to be working here. I did everything you said (the confirmation came; I accepted. I even rebooted but it still didn't work)
(Vista Home Premium 32bit, SP2)
ElQuia
peter pan: well, maybe it's not me or x64 then. Some bug with scripts...
poma
Doesn't work for me either, i'm on Win7 7600 x86 Swe...?
Super
This is very helpfull thank you for your work.. Ill be passing on your link to a number of people.. Keep it going.:)
Rahul
not showing any icons in xp
The Dogman
This right click menu icon modification only works in Windows 7. Don't bother with it under XP or Vista. Those two OS require dll to show the icon in the left pane of the right click. Windows 7 supports the "Icon" registry string and only the pointer to the correct icon location for this to work. It's built into Windows 7 so nothing more than a sinple registry mod is needed to make this happen.
The Dogman
One more point I might add. In addition to all of these really neat cool mods for your OS ... instead of placing them into "Local Machine" registry key ... you can add almost any of these cool mods to the "Current User" key and therefore they will ONLY appear whenever that particular user logs into Windows instead of for "Everyone". VERY useful if you are logged in as "Admin" and want to load your profile down with a bunch of upper level tools that won't normally run for the Local Machine Users anyway. -smiles- Just a thought. I have mine setup this way and it works flawlessly.
The Dogman
The My Computer Context thread only works under Windows 7. The XP and Vista use dll for the icons to show. Windows 7 uses the "Icon" registry string for it to show up. A nifty new feature built into the new OS. Very Nice!