Re: Adding CMD to right click on desktop

You could also set the Power Options to do "Shutdown" when you press Power Button. That would be the proper way to do what you want to accomplish.

CapWx wrote:

Bob I

That would be the acid test - to see if it's actually a keyboard failure (USB sub service not starting or something of that nature) or some other service not loading, such as explorer. Having a command prompt may or may not make a difference, but it would be nice to know. I could program in a batch file to run the shutdown command to perform a clean restart.

CapWx

"Bob I" wrote:


It would seem that if the system is not recognizing the keyboard, a command prompt would be of little use.

CapWx wrote:


Ramesh

Thanks for the response. I was afraid of that. Anyway, there are times when Ctrl-Alt-Del yields no result at all, and I have no choice but to hit the reset button. I was looking for a way to, in those rare instances, cleanly exit and restart XP.

Thanks!

CapWx

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:



Hi CapWx,

Unfortunately, adding static context menu items to the Desktop is not possible in Windows 9x/XP.



By launching a cmd prompt I could run a program like Process Explorer

Does Task Manager open when you press CTRL+ALt+DEL (or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC). If so, you can launch applications from Task Manager [File - New Task]

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"CapWx" <CapWx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AA2B5C96-A836-4911-9D6B-2673C63477C8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Greetings

There are times, though rare, that Windows starts with a blank Desktop - no taskbar, no icons, just the back ground. Usually, not even Ctrl-Alt-Del works; it's like the shell hung on start. But after a har reset, when everything comes up, I find no errors in the systems or applications logs. For all apparent purposes, everything has started fine.

I can right click and get the desktops properties to come up e.g Arrange Icons by >, Refresh, NEW, properties, etc. What I'd like to add is the ability to launch a command processor (cmd.exe) similar to what many of the Linux and Unix flavors have as options.

By launching a cmd prompt I could run a program like Process Explorer and see what is actually going on, do a controlled restart, etc.

Is there a reg hack for that? I could not find one, so TIA for the help.

CapWx




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