Comments on: Add “Explore” To the Desktop Context Menu in Windows Vista

By: Geekz

Geekz — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:16:15 +0000

Or just download the tool “Fast Explorer 2008″ directly here (a great freeware): http://thesoftpro.tripod.com/downloads/fe/ for more custom context menu options in XP, Vista, and Windows 7

By: Geekz

Geekz — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:01:28 +0000

Great article thanks. However to get the same options in Windows XP context menu as well as Vista or Windows 7, you can also visit here: http://rudy-xp.deviantart.com/art/7-Desktop-Context-Menu-for-XP-149444253

By: Michael Higham

Michael Higham — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:01:22 +0000

It looks good! I can try this in Windows 7 inside Virtual PC; well, I’ll see that fix for XP.

By: Skorbion

Skorbion — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:10:11 +0000

For XP:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}]
@=”Desktop”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,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,00,73,00,68,00,\
64,00,6f,00,63,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
“ThreadingModel”=”Apartment”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}\Instance]
“CLSID”=”{3f454f0e-42ae-4d7c-8ea3-328250d6e272}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
“CLSID”=”{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}”
“command”=”Explore”
“method”=”ShellExecute”
“param1″=”shell:Desktop”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Desktop]
@=”{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}”