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Customizing the Right Click pop up menu on Start button !
Aug
7
2010
Now here is a trick for the addition of the options of the pop up menu when you right click on the start button !
Open the following key in registry window :-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell
Right click on the shell and create a new Sub Key. You can create a new Sub Key by right clicking on the Shell Key and selecting New -> Key. Type in the name of the application you want to add to the start menu.
If you want to add Notepad to the Start Menu name the key as Notepad. Now right click on the new registry key that you just created and create another key named Command. Enter the full path of the application you want to add, in this case Notepad in the default value of Command in the right pane. So Modify the value of the default string value and enter the full path name of Notepad:-
c:\windows\notepad.exe
Press F5 to refresh. Now if you right click on the Start Button you will find a new addition to the Pop Up Menu called Notepad. Clicking on it will launch Notepad.
Answer #2
This isn’t a question. I can post 100s of such articles.
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Answer #1
This can be a helpful tip for people who use Notepad for most text editing stuff.
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