Hello all,

I am wondering if it is possible to create some nice shortcuts like the Internet Explorer and Email Program in the Start Menu like this:

The thing I like is the SUBTITLE (in light blue)

I could really use something like that for a link to our Corporate Intranet, FTP Server, Etc.

I was able to pin my own shortcut to the start menu (the Virtual Drive stuff) and I have some VBScript for this part but the Subtitle seems to be somewhere in the registry...

any help appreciated!

Edited March 7, 200620 yr by Incroyable HULK

yeah, I've been looking too for how to automatically pin the program to startmenu.

Can anyone help?

Here a vbs script that pin calculator to the start menu

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace("C:\Windows\System32")
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName("calc.exe")

objFolderItem.InvokeVerb("P&in to Start Menu")

Here is a link to Hey, Scripting Guy!, for more information about this.

yep, that's the code I already had...

I was more interested in the Subtitle part

This script worked for me:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(WshShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersStartMenu")&"\Calulator.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = "%SystemRoot%\system32\calc.exe"
oShellLink.Description = "Performs basic arithmetic tasks with an on-screen calculator."
oShellLink.Save

The script from The Scripting Guys manipulates the Application object and not the shortcut being created. My script works on the shortcut itself.

The problem is that the 2 first one are special explorer elements. Reshack Explorer.exe and you'll find their info tips together with other (search, help, etc.) menu items tips in String Table #438 while the element titles (white text: Internet, Courrrier électronique) themselves are ALONE in the String Table #440.

The light blue texts (the subtitles) are just the application names.

So it looks like Explorer has a special feature for the 2 first ones but not for other.

Edited March 8, 200620 yr by Djé

The script is to pin something to the startmenu not create a shortcuts. To make shortcuts uses a different object.

CreateObject("Shell.Application") this is different then this CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

There is some value in the registry under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache

but I am not sure if we can use it...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache

some harsh googling about that key eventually led me to that page which looks like a good entry point (more links provided inside it) to understand what it is...

...But it does not look related to your quest

according to this thread the registry key connected to that part of the start menu is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]

You may want to dig in the "Favorites" value, but with no guarranty.