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Dark_Angel
I would suggest changing the first lines in the My Computer.reg from:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5000-0000-0000-000000000002}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Windows\\Explorer.exe,0"

to:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5000-0000-0000-000000000002}\DefaultIcon]
@="%WINDIR%\\Explorer.exe,0"

As it is right now, it screws up the icon if are on a dual boot machine with Windows not on C:\ or if you changed your WINDOWS folder name.

I have a Windows XP install in D:\WINXP and this fixed the icon.

Thank you for this great mod, i have been using it for a very long time and it only keeps getting better and better!! smile.gif
cyberdash
Looks nice. Cool, thanks for the guide.
alsiladka
Hey herby , Can you make shortcuts for

  1. Yahoo! Messenger
  2. Nokia PC Suite
  3. Flashget
  4. Windows Live Mail desktop beta
  5. Windows Live Messenger
  6. Windows Media Player 11
Thanx smile.gif
Herby
The links work again!
Virtual Plastic has moved to a new server (Plastic forgot to add my domain pinch.gif ).
+ Some of the files where blocked due to the large download traffic from the PowerDVD 7 skins.

Thanks for all the "thank yous"! biggrin.gif
I’m glad to see that they are useful to so many people! smile.gif

Redllar has created a great free gui based reg file editor and viewer: Regpad.
With Regpad, you can view and edit the expandable string values (see the Tutorial for more info). smile.gif

Quote - (StixBit @ Sep 15 2006, 12:27) [snapback]587885012[/snapback]
Heres a little program i wrote to make changing the icon easier.
Can be used as a stand-alone program , or via a "Change Icon" entry to the icon's context menu.

It uses the CLSID ( with the brackets ) as a command line and writes the chosen icon selection back to the correct CLSID in the registry.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Enjoy.

Thanks for this great little app! smile.gif

Quote - (asite @ Oct 9 2006, 11:05) [snapback]587940981[/snapback]
I do not like winxp,I am using win2000 server . Can I utilize this software?
the settings are too hard.

Yep, should be no problem.

Quote - (Winthorp @ Oct 17 2006, 18:12) [snapback]587963087[/snapback]
So what exactly is the easiest way to install this mod?

I really would just like the start menu mod that is shown.

I described the easiest way @ post #1. ermm.gif

Quote - (Dark_Angel @ Nov 2 2006, 19:37) [snapback]588010987[/snapback]
I would suggest changing the first lines in the My Computer.reg from:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5000-0000-0000-000000000002}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Windows\\Explorer.exe,0"

to:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5000-0000-0000-000000000002}\DefaultIcon]
@="%WINDIR%\\Explorer.exe,0"

As it is right now, it screws up the icon if are on a dual boot machine with Windows not on C:\ or if you changed your WINDOWS folder name.

I have a Windows XP install in D:\WINXP and this fixed the icon.

Thank you for this great mod, i have been using it for a very long time and it only keeps getting better and better!! smile.gif

Missed that one... pinch.gif
Most of the regs already contain variable paths. smile.gif

Quote - (alsiladka @ Dec 19 2006, 09:54) [snapback]588148952[/snapback]
Hey herby , Can you make shortcuts for

  1. Yahoo! Messenger
  2. Nokia PC Suite
  3. Flashget
  4. Windows Live Mail desktop beta
  5. Windows Live Messenger
  6. Windows Media Player 11
Thanx smile.gif

I'm very busy atm (I just moved to my new house).
I'll get on it (+ the other requests) asap, meanwhile you can try to create them with SCCU (see post #1).
MostWant3d
nice post wink.gif thnxx
Rejinderi
nice work i have to say. but the tuneup is outdated.. if u r free please make one for 2007 version biggrin.gif that is if u r free!
wiredbits

Anyone try this with Vista yet?

unionjack
most of them work fine on vista some images dont show
just trying to work out how to do no text at the mo
for myself
danny_8
Hello and thank you for the excellent desktop mods!

I am running Windows XP Pro. I installed several icons to my desktop: Foobar2000, Firefox, MS Office. I modified shell32.dll as outlined on the first page. After rebooting, the “create shortcut” menu item was removed. By coincidence, I happened to run Windows Update later that night. I noticed this morning “create shortcut” was back in the menu. I am guessing this resulted from updating my system. Has anyone else noticed this? I will be look through the pages of this thread to see if this has already been discussed.

In the final steps of modding shell32.dll, these instructions have me slightly confused:
CODE
6) Download and extract Create_Shortcut.zip.
7) Copy CreateShortcut.exe to the Windows or System32 directory and
   merge "Create Shortcut - install.reg" into the registry.
I think the purpose here is to allow restoring/removing “create shortcut” to the context menu without further mods to shell32.dll. Is this true?

Thank you again for the registry mods and especially for the excellent information. It inspired me to clean up my desktop and simplify my start menu.
danny_8
Click to view attachment
[strike]In the final steps of modding shell32.dll, these instructions have me slightly confused:[/strike] Is this true?[/strike]

... I wanted to include \n (newline) characters in my shell icon InfoTips. That is, I wanted to enter them using my custom regedit merge file. (I could manually paste them via regedit, but that's a pain). As far as I can tell, the only way to input x0D values would be using a hex string.

Here is a worksheet (Excel 2000) to generate a list of comma-separated hex values when you enter a text string. The tilde character is used to force line breaks. The following (including continuations) was made using the worksheet:
CODE
;  Firefox (default) ~~*  right-click for   *~*  context menu  *
   "InfoTip"=hex(2):20,00,46,00,69,00,72,00,65,00,66,00,6F,00,78,00,20,00,28,00,\
   64,00,65,00,66,00,61,00,75,00,6C,00,74,00,29,00,20,00,0D,00,0D,00,2A,00,\
   20,00,20,00,72,00,69,00,67,00,68,00,74,00,2D,00,63,00,6C,00,69,00,63,00,\
   6B,00,20,00,66,00,6F,00,72,00,20,00,20,00,20,00,2A,00,0D,00,2A,00,20,00,\
   20,00,63,00,6F,00,6E,00,74,00,65,00,78,00,74,00,20,00,6D,00,65,00,6E,00,\
   75,00,20,00,20,00,2A,00
Herby
Quote - (Rejinderi @ Feb 1 2007, 07:56) [snapback]588281358[/snapback]
nice work i have to say. but the tuneup is outdated.. if u r free please make one for 2007 version biggrin.gif that is if u r free!

I'm still pretty busy -> added to the 2do list. smile.gif

Quote - (danny_8 @ Feb 21 2007, 22:56) [snapback]588340448[/snapback]
In the final steps of modding shell32.dll, these instructions have me slightly confused:
CODE
6) Download and extract Create_Shortcut.zip.
7) Copy CreateShortcut.exe to the Windows or System32 directory and
   merge "Create Shortcut - install.reg" into the registry.
I think the purpose here is to allow restoring/removing “create shortcut” to the context menu without further mods to shell32.dll. Is this true?

It adds "Create Shortcut" to the context menu of all files, you can also skip this part and right click + dragg a file to create a shortcut.

Quote - (danny_8 @ Feb 21 2007, 22:56) [snapback]588340448[/snapback]
Thank you again for the registry mods and especially for the excellent information. It inspired me to clean up my desktop and simplify my start menu.

That's the goal! biggrin.gif happy.gif

Quote - (danny_8 @ Feb 25 2007, 10:51) [snapback]588348729[/snapback]
I wanted to include \n (newline) characters in my shell icon InfoTips. That is, I wanted to enter them using my custom regedit merge file. (I could manually paste them via regedit, but that's a pain). As far as I can tell, the only way to input x0D values would be using a hex string.

You can view and edit Expandable String Values with Regpad (see first post).
danny_8
Quote - Herby
It adds "Create Shortcut" to the context menu of all files, you can also skip this part and right click + dragg a file to create a shortcut
Ah ha! I finally see! You added "Create Shortcut" back to the context menu item for all folders and files, but the previous shell32.dll mod removed it from the context menu for shell icons! (Previously I was, like, why's he adding the menu item back again?) I struggled to realize this. I was distracted by all the other possibilities. Frankly, I'm delighted to have found neowin.net and this thread. I landed here after google-ing to locate the command syntax for sndvol32.exe.

BTW, I'm using the second method you mentioned, simply right-clicking/dragging to make shortcuts. It occurs to me I could enable "create shortcut" menu items only for specific file types as an alternative (I believe this is possible). Although they're sometimes essential, cluttered/complicated menus irritate me!

One thing I notice after reading ≈80% of this thread: you are very patient and helpful. Props! Thanks for the reminder about RegPad. I'm checking it out now.
danny_8
Here is a worksheet (Excel 2000) to generate a list of comma-separated hex values when you enter a text string. It's all done with formulas—there are no macros. This sheet helps me to create Infotips containing line breaks.

I revised the sheet I mentioned a few posts back.
crazlunatic
is it just me or is this guide extremely hard to understand? what does he mean by merging? where the hell are the "Add" regs?
danny_8
It is a little bit hard. Myself, I had to re-read the instructions a few times before they sunk in.

Merging means you double-click on registry files to merge them with your system registry. The first order of business is to download the ACM.zip package which contains the registry files. There are 'add' files to add shell icons, and 'remove' files to remove shell icons (in case you don't like them).

Quote - end of the {very first} post of the {very first} page of this topic
If you have any questions or suggestions, please PM me or Post 'em here.

To the ones who rated this topic: Thanks for the 5 stars! happy.gif

[/Herby]

» ACM.zip ( 272 KB )
Go to the first page of this thread. Find the end of the first (rather long) posting. It looks something like the quote - above.

Find the link to ACM.zip and download that file. If Herby updates the zip file, the new download will still be available at that same location. Don't download ACM_dock.zip, by the way.

Uncompress ACM.zip. Select one of the .reg files (say, control panel) and merge that with your registry. Click on your desktop and press F5. That is your first shell icon. Right-click on the shell icon and you'll see what all the fuss is about.

The following thread may help to explain shell icon usage:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/s...eptember16.mspx
Danielle de Sanctis
Hi, My name is a Danielle de Sanctis and I am just a Physical Ed professor from the U Mass and all this stuff is new to me because I just began to really learn to use the internet and I have been joining all these random sites. I thought this one looked interesting so I joined it and I joined another because a lot of my female students have eating disorders so I thought it would be a good place to go and learn about them so that I know the signs to look out for. Anyway, with all that said, I have the new Vista on my computer so will these instructions for that the same way? Thanks,
Danielle de Sanctis
Herby
@ danny_8: Thanks for your help! biggrin.gif

Quote - (Danielle de Sanctis @ Apr 2 2007, 10:18) [snapback]588445061[/snapback]
Hi, My name is a Danielle de Sanctis and I am just a Physical Ed professor from the U Mass and all this stuff is new to me because I just began to really learn to use the internet and I have been joining all these random sites. I thought this one looked interesting so I joined it and I joined another because a lot of my female students have eating disorders so I thought it would be a good place to go and learn about them so that I know the signs to look out for. Anyway, with all that said, I have the new Vista on my computer so will these instructions for that the same way? Thanks,
Danielle de Sanctis

Hi Danielle, welcome to the internet & Neowin! smile.gif
Neowin is a great community, lots of nice folks here.
Some are stuck in an everlasting puberty, but you got that everywhere.
Anyway,.. no eating disorders at my side (I have ADHD). biggrin.gif

About the Shell Icons: some CLSIDs changed, but most of them should work fine in Vista.
Danielle de Sanctis
Thanks for the very nice welcome!
~null~
wow Herby.. Thats one of the nicest thread i have found.... smile.gif
Markus-J
Quote - (Herby @ Apr 2 2007, 18:57) [snapback]588446042[/snapback]
Hi Danielle, welcome to the internet & Neowin! smile.gif
Neowin is a great community, lots of nice folks here.
Some are stuck in an everlasting puberty, but you got that everywhere.


hahaha boy, is that true or what... laugh.gif
danny_8
In Herby's zip file of shell icon samples (see the first page of this thread), one example creates an icon (with no text label) for a folder "My Dump." The name of the file is Add Folder Example.reg. Merging this file with your system registry creates a new shell icon on your desktop.

The icon behaves like a folder, except it can't be deleted or renamed. It has no name, of course. When you click the icon, it opens the folder "My Dump". When you drop a file (or other object) on the icon, it moves the file to "My Dump". The dropping behavior is special, not found in the other samples in Herby's collection.

Does anybody know how to create an equivalent to this folder icon, except using an application? For example, an icon representing notepad, upon which you drop files whereupon they'll be opened using notepad. I experimented with attributes described at this page from virtualplastic.net, but did not have success. That information may not be up-to-date. Suggestions would be welcomed.
.AlleymaN
I think its possible using normal shortcuts to applications. Dont know about not being able to delete/rename the shortcut.
danny_8
Yes, a normal shortcut would work.

The shell icon would have the advantage of custom right-click menus. Also, the new icon would fit 'logically' with the other shell icons.
wiredbits
Quote - (danny_8 @ Apr 8 2007, 03:23) [snapback]588460416[/snapback]
In Herby's zip file of shell icon samples (see the first page of this thread), one example creates an icon (with no text label) for a folder "My Dump." The name of the file is Add Folder Example.reg. Merging this file with your system registry creates a new shell icon on your desktop.

The icon behaves like a folder, except it can't be deleted or renamed. It has no name, of course. When you click the icon, it opens the folder "My Dump". When you drop a file (or other object) on the icon, it moves the file to "My Dump". The dropping behavior is special, not found in the other samples in Herby's collection.

Does anybody know how to create an equivalent to this folder icon, except using an application? For example, an icon representing notepad, upon which you drop files whereupon they'll be opened using notepad. I experimented with attributes described at this page from virtualplastic.net, but did not have success. That information may not be up-to-date. Suggestions would be welcomed.


Virtual Plastic is where I got the info that allows SCCU to create Shell folder and objects, great source.
ayneadams
many thanks for the valuable information
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iPhone Converter
http://www.iphoneconverter.com/
alsiladka
Well no update for a pretty long time smile.gif Are there any updates planned soon enough?
diego1
how to take of the blue icon color when i select it.
its hard to explain , so there u have a screenshot in the attachment.



thanks.
wiredbits
Quote - (diego1 @ Jul 6 2007, 15:44) *
how to take of the blue icon color when i select it.
its hard to explain , so there u have a screenshot in the attachment.
thanks.


Looks like it is not text less, maybe you hit the spacebar by accident
Pc_Madness
Can anyone recommend a nice Dock program to replace the taskbar in XP? smile.gif Might go well with this app. smile.gif
Myria
Oh wow, nice job with the little program there. I really like it. smile.gif

Recommending it to friends too.
wiredbits
Quote - (Myria @ Jul 18 2007, 08:08) *
Oh wow, nice job with the little program there. I really like it. smile.gif

Recommending it to friends too.



If talking to me then thanks, if any problems or questions feel free to email me or send a PM here on Neowin.

compass4
it seems like the ZIP file is corrupted.. i've tried to download a couple times and no luck.

{EDIT} nm.. firefox was just being goofy
steven s.
I'm running windows vista and I cannot get the my documents or the my computer icon to functionally work. is this just my computer.. or is anyone else experiencing this?
TheHMan
I am struggling to get my documents to work in RocketDock by dragging it off my Desktop when i did this for other icons it worked so i am confused blink.gif
johngalt
Herby,

I have always wanted to try this but never could get it working- but this time around in Vista it seems to be working pretty well, just a couple of quick Qs:

1) If I try to create an IE7 icon (using your reg file) the icon doesn't show, no matter how many time the screen is refreshed or I reboot - is there something missing that I don't know about?

2) RE: your tutorial, is that what one should use to create their own icons for *any* app? Including games, etc?
spiderhost
Quote - (johngalt @ Sep 7 2007, 20:23) *
Herby,

I have always wanted to try this but never could get it working- but this time around in Vista it seems to be working pretty well, just a couple of quick Qs:

1) If I try to create an IE7 icon (using your reg file) the icon doesn't show, no matter how many time the screen is refreshed or I reboot - is there something missing that I don't know about?

2) RE: your tutorial, is that what one should use to create their own icons for *any* app? Including games, etc?



Works great! Nice job.

-Erik

-=Spiderhost Support Team=-
DewBoy3d
Here is one for Photoshop CS3.



Bekabam
For some reason the Steam.reg in the ACM pack isn't working for me, I click it then refresh the desktop but it doesn't appear.

I don't know if these have been posted or not yet, there are a lot of pages but I could use:

Smart FTP Client
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Steam
Adobe After Effects 7.0
Autodesk Maya 8.5
Aol Instand Messanger (AIM)
Battlefield 2

Just tell me if you need any of those icons to do it.

Keep up the good work!
johngalt
I see that the first post was last edited on 11 Sep 2007, but I had to do some heavy editing on the My Documents file to get it to work (mostly) correctly in Vista Ultimate, and some aspects of it are still out the window....and the same for the My Computer....

Plus, I found the Vista icons and used a couple of my own (that I found actually) and fixed some others to make it all look good....

Now off to your tut on how to make them yourself so that I can get to work on the apps that I have / use that others don't....

Oh, and BTW - when I use the add Recycle Bin it adds the Recycle Bin with the name, which is removable from teh Vista Desktop Icons interface every time. Addingthe MUP worked, but I like having the icon change to notify me when I have trash, as I usually [SHIFT]-[DELETE] everything but every now and again I miss something, or QuickPar sends it to the RB instead of erasing it....the RB has the entries you ahve added to it as commands, but it still ahs the original RB entries as well, including the 'delete' entry that has a lot of people stuped becauase they end up deleting the RB from teh desktop and don't knwo what to do....

But, since I have every other Icon nameless I just gave this one a name of a " " tongue.gif
ET2008
Thank you !you software is very powerful !
~null~
Waiting for tuneup 2007
SpeaR
This is brilliant dude, you have built a great collection of reg tweaks. Wonderful.
johngalt
I had a request via PM to get the icons that I had modified for Vista. Here they are folks. These are *only* the modified icons - please get Herby's original set for the instructions, along with necessary files (like NirCmd) to make every thing work correctly.

Also, be advised that the CD-DVD drives reflects *my* drive set - and includes both physical drives as well as Daemon Tools drives.

Enjoy!

Click to view attachment

P.S.: I also didn't include the icons, but left the path statements in the appropriate places - copy whichever icons you want to use (firefox and Thunderbird, IIRC) to the path list, or change the path and copy the icons there, to use them).
typeadam
Is there a way to put a drive icon on the desktop in the same manner? I have an external drive hooked up to my computer and made an icon on the desktop however, I had to make my own commands. Does anyone know the "shell" or "shellex" or whatever so that the right click gives me the same menu as if I were clicking on my drive in "my computer?" This way I wouldn't have to make seperate commands to 'open' 'safely remove' 'virus scan' etc... Plus I want to be able to get the properties of the drive but I don't know the command for that.

Thank you,
AP
typeadam
...cont. of my post above...

The code is below. Basically I want to not have to make all the shell-command folders but be able to pull up the same menu that I see when I right-click in My Computer. I think there's something that I could put under shell or shellex or propertysheethandler or something like that - I'm not sure...

Thank you,
AP

CODE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}]
"InfoTip"="Storage (M)"
"NeverShowExt"=""
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\System32\\NetworkExplorer.dll,1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\InProcServer32]
@="shdocvw.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0afaced1-e828-11d1-9187-b532f1e9575d}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000015
"Target"="M:\\"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\00]
@="Maxtor 500GB HDD"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\00\Command]
@="Explorer.exe /n, M:\\"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\01]
@="Disconnect"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\01\Command]
@="c:\\windows\\system32\\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\03]
@="Elevated Command Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\03\Command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"pushd %L && title Command Prompt\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\04]
@="Search..."

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\04\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,65,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
  65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\04\ddeexec]
@="[OpenFindFile(\"%1\", %l)]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\04\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\Shell\04\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\Symantec.Norton.Antivirus.IEContextMenu]
@="{FAD61B3D-699D-49B2-BE16-7F82CB4C59CA}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:00000100
"WantsFORPARSING"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{00000000-5400-0000-0000-000000000002}]
The Cook
Nice Guide
TheVestel
Wow! So nice to read this tutorial!
Gary7
Quote - (Herby @ Sep 30 2004, 16:34) *
Shutdown Button ... ninja.gif



This works in Vista as well.
tireless
how to disable "Create Shotcut" ?
chika
Quote - (tireless @ Apr 8 2008, 14:16) *
how to disable "Create Shotcut" ?

I guess you need to read the first post once again. smile.gif
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