Control Panel, Task Manager, Device Manager are a few system applications which we use frequently in our daily computer tasks. Wouldn't it be great if we can access them quickly by right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop?
Today we are going to share a registry script which will add following 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:
It works in Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Thanks to AskVG Readers "tlm" and cclloyd9785 for sharing them...
Also check:
[AIO] Ultimate Tutorial to Customize My Computer Context Menu in Windows XP, Vista and 7
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bOb
When I ran these individual reg scripts, the menu items appear, but not the icons. I did run the right script with the icon feature.
Shawn
Excellant! Can someone create, or advise how to also create ones for "Shared Folders" and the "Local Security Policy" to launch the following two items:
Shared Folders=%sysdir%/fsmgmt.msc
Local Security Policy=%sysdir%/secpol.msc
VG
^^ Here is the code:
Shawn
Great! Those work too. Thank you.
Propje
Nice stuff!
Can someone also give advice how add Explore? (the one from Winkey+E and not Internet Explorer)
Keep up the good work!
T H A N K S !
Propje
MJSG
Darn it!
The Icons doesn't work on XP!
I don't know if it works on SP3 because I use SP2.
Aris
Can someone help me to make this icons appear in my notebook... Im running Windows 7 build 7600 x86... thanks...
Michael Higham
What are the icon filenames used in the registry for adding programs to Computer's context menu in Windows 7?
VG
^^ Just give the DLL or EXE file name with full path in Icon value. If the DLL or EXE file contains more than 1 icon, also give icon's index value after comma like shell32.dll, 123
Michael Higham
Another question: What are the icon filenames used in the registry for: -
Computer Management
Windows Update
Event Viewer
Services
Device Manager
Programs and Features?