Re: Desktop Icon Drop Down Menus

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This look familar, Bob?

Icon Restore - User reviews and free download at Download.com
http://www.download.com/Icon-Restore/3640-2347_4-10163500.html

You can use ShellExView to disable the context menu handlers.

ShellExView v1.14 - Shell Extensions Manager
Copyright (c) 2003 - 2005 Nir Sofer
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Also see this, ignore the title...
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Has some good info on ShellExView in the article.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:JIadnbR6FMPqugLZnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Just Bob <JustBob@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Wesley Vogel wrote:
Open will appear at the top of the menu if Open is the default
action. The top item is usually in bold type. Explore or Search can
be the defaults and either one can appear at the top of the menu and
in bold text.

If Explore appears at the top it can be changed to Open.

Set Open as default for (NONE) Folder in Folder Options.

Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
File Types tab | Scroll down to and Select: (NONE) Folder |
Advanced button | Highlight: open | Set Default | Click OK |
Click Apply | Click OK

If Search appears at the top, this is usually because of a problem.
And Search also opens instead of the folder when double clicking.

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Some other options can be removed from the menu by editing the
registry.

Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
objects http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Remove unwanted entries from the context menus
Customize the right click context menus
http://www2.technobabble.com.au/article182.html


In news:f96dnXWrmLM__ADZnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Just Bob <JustBob@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Is it possible to change and move items that appear in these menus? I
would like the "open" option to appear at the top like it does on my
other systems. I would like to move and or remove other options also.

TIA.

Bob

Thanks for some very interesting information. I have look at every link
to find what I am looking for but I seem to be missing something or an
understand of what I must to do remove or move the troublesome entrees.
When I right click on any icon I see the two top entrees as saying "Save
Desktop Items" and "Restore Desktop Items". I have used these features in
the past when I have for some reason had my Icons move from one monitor
to the other on my dual monitor systems. I have been grateful for this
but could do without them or would like to move them to some other place
on the drop down menus. I only have these on one System and am not used
to it when I click to fast thinking I am opening that program and I am
not. I was not able to find a reference to these features and only
references to actual programs like Norton etc. Would you know perhaps if
I have over looked the ability to move these to another location? I can
not identify any registry keys that reflect these entrees but I am not at
all experienced in dealing with Reg. keys anyway. I will spend more time
looking in search of a solution and will wait for a reply if you or
anyone else has anything to add that may allow be to find what I need to
know.

TIA.

Bob

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