Manufacturer Link On Start Menu

[S1LV3RF1$#]

Can you have the Manufacturer Link on the Start Menu provide dual functionality, Lets say that if you right click on it, is it possible to have it give you 2 choices instead of just one?

The Basic Reason that I would like this is so that users can link to our help page from internal and from external points of our network.

[Shark007]

These 2 reg files will create a button under 'Run' in the start menu

WebLink button

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Sets the button name
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 
 @="Update Windows" 
 "LocalizedString"="Windows Update Site" 
 "InfoTip"="Visit Microsoft and look for updates for Windows XP" 

; Sets the icon to C:\Windows\System32\help.ico
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
  @=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,5C,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,6F,00,77,00,\
  73,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,68,\
  00,65,00,6C,00,70,00,2E,00,69,00,63,00,6f,00,00,00

; Sets the action to this website
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] 
 "CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" 
 "method"="ShellExecute" 
 "Command"="Updates Windows XP" 
 "Param1"="http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com"

Email button

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Sets the button name
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 
 @="Email YourCompanyName" 
 "LocalizedString"="Email YourCompanyName" 
 "InfoTip"="Send us Email" 

; Sets the icon to C:\Windows\System32\help.ico
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
  @=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,5C,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,6F,00,77,00,\
  73,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,68,\
  00,65,00,6C,00,70,00,2E,00,69,00,63,00,6f,00,00,00

; Sets the action to this website
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] 
 "CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" 
 "method"="ShellExecute" 
 "Command"="Email YourCompanyName" 
 "Param1"="mailto:support.YourCompanyName.com@yourprovider.com"  

of course, edit the files to suit your purpose.

Shark

Edited August 12, 2005 by Shark007

[diesel_98a]

u can actually add 3 links that i know of, if ur interested........

[JuMz]

u can actually add 3 links that i know of, if ur interested........

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I am...

[S1LV3RF1$#]

u can actually add 3 links that i know of, if ur interested........

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Very Much So

[BlueMe]

lol...me too

[Doctor Trout]

How would you go about adding a button like this one that ran a specific programme?

Thanks.

[mazin]

@ Shark007

Thank you for sharing this tip. Actually, I used your tip to fix "Help and Support" link in Start menu.

The fix applies only to the Default Start menu. Anyway to apply it to Classic Start menu, too?

Thanks.

Edited June 18, 2006 by mazin