[Question]About Common Context Menus Tweaks?

[smashly]

I notice there's alot of basic context menu reg tweaks.

Was wondering if there is any problem or repercutions of not adding the full tweak?

For example instead of:

;Adds Device Manager to right click of MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]
@="Device Manager"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command]
@="mmc.exe %%SYSTEMDRIVE%%\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc"

and using this:

;Adds Device Manager to right click of MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Device Manager\command]
@="mmc.exe %%SYSTEMDRIVE%%\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc"

I notice when not adding the first value @="Device Manager" the registry just uses the name in the Key instead [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Device Manager\command].

I've noticed this with alot of the context menu tweaks to add to right click menu of My Computer eg: services , device manager , Add/Remove programs , regedit etc .. All seem to work without the extra data.

So is there any draw backs to not adding the extra data in the registry or for that matter any benefit actually adding the extra data?

Was wondering this as I'm about to add a few of these tweaks to my fresh UA install.

TYIA for any response to my question.

Cheers

[smashly]

This was mainly to bump , but thought I'd show what I've added for my computer context tweaks.

Tested them on a fresh UA install and they all appear to work for me. But I can't help but wonder if there's any troubles I'm going to be facing down the track.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Add Add/Remove Programs to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Add/Remove Programs\command]
@="control appwiz.cpl"

;Add Control Panel to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel\command]
@="rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL"

;Add Device Manager to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Device Manager\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,64,00,65,00,76
,00,6D,00,67,00,6D,00,74,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Disk Defragmenter to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Disk Defragmenter\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,64,00,66,00,72
,00,67,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Disk Managent to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Disk Managent\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,64,00,69,00,73
,00,6B,00,6D,00,67,00,6D,00,74,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Disk Defragmenter to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Disk Defragmenter\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,64,00,66,00,72
,00,67,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Event Viewer to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Event Viewer\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,65,00,76,00,65
,00,6E,00,74,00,76,00,77,00,72,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Group Policy Editor to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Group Policy Editor\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,67,00,70,00,65
,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Logoff to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Logoff]\command]
@="shutdown -l -f -t 00"

;Add Shutdown to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]
@="shutdown -r -f -t 00"

;Add Reboot to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Shutdown]\command]
@="shutdown -s -f -t 00"

;Add MSConfig to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\MSConfig\command]
@="msconfig.exe"

;Add Performance Monitor to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Performance Monitor\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,0
0,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,70,00,65,00,72
,00,66,00,6D,00,6F,00,6E,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,00,00

;Add Regedit to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Regedit\command]
@="regedit.exe"

;Add Services to Right Click Menu of My Computer
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Services\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,
32,00,5C,00,6D,00,6D,00,63,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,0
0,74,00,65,00,6D,00,52,00,6F,00,6F,00,74,00,25,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32
,00,5C,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2E,00,6D,00,73,00,63,00,20,00,2F,00,73,00,
00,00

All instances of "hex(2)& #" in the above would need to replaced with "hex(2):" without quotes of coarse.

(forums code box changes the above)

any1 care to relieve my doubts.. please ?

[COKEDUDEUSF]

Thx for this, I was searching all over google to figure out how to add this stuff to the right click menu.