Re: Adding items to the *RIGHT* pane of the Start Menu - Technical Discussion
From: Daniel Rudy (i0n1v2a3l4i5d6d7c8r9u0d1y2e3m4a5i6l7_at_n0o1p2a3c4b5e6l7l8s9p0a1m2.3n4e5t6)
Date: 07/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:12:11 -0700
And somewhere around the time of 07/12/2004 08:11, the world stopped and
listened as Odo contributed the following to humanity:
> Here's a 'serious' registry modification to get 'Your favorite link' added
> to the right pane of the start menu:
LOL
> In the example below, I've opted to link to a website.
> To achieve this:
> 1.. Start the registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
> 2.. Navigate to
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}.
> 3.. If the Windows key doesn't exist, click Edit, New, Key to create the
> key.
> 4.. Change the "{Default}" value on the right to reflect the name you want
> displayed in the Start menu, eg. "My Favorite Link".
> 5.. Look up the key named
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon.
> If it does not yet exists, create it.
> 6.. Change the "{Default}" value on the right to be
> %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-47. With this entry you determine what
> icon is displayed next to the shortcut in the menu. In this example it is
> Icon number 47 that is contained in the file Shell32.dll. If you want a
> different icon you can change the number or even the filename and the
> number. Each icon in a file that has icons in it, can be referenced by it's
> number, indicating the icon's position in the file.
> 7.. Now navigate to
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\Prop
> ertyBag.
> 8.. Make sure the following valuesnames and values are present in the
> right hand panel:
> CLSID, REG_SZ, {13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}
> method, REG_SZ, ShellExecute
> Command, REG_SZ, My Favorite Link
> Param1, REG_SZ, http://www.myfavoritelink.com
> 9.. Some of the Values mentioned may already exist, some others may need
> to be added.
> 10.. Exit the registry editor.
> Hth and have fun.
> Odo
>
>
What I tried to do is add a new item. Didn't think about modifying an
existing one. See my reply to Alex to get my thoughts on it. You know,
there is one thing that I just noticed. There's no information as to
what position on the start menu the items appear. This further eludes
to the fact that alot of the start menu functionality has been hardcoded
into explorer.exe. Anyways, thanks for pointing out my error.
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