Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

[Guest Poster Matt]

Hi,

 

Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2)

to store the various system utilities and dialogs.

 

BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and

'Services', are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or

from the 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

 

Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got

around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager

and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add

shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine,

but I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the

desktop in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add

these shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural home.

 

Many thanks.

 

PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

 

A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk

Management, Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

 

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

 

HTH.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

Perhaps you can add them to the Tools tab on the system configuration

utility (msconfig) and a shortcut to msconfig any where you want, including

the Quick Launch bar. As I recall the device manager is a snap in on the

MMC so perhaps that's why you cannot create the shortcut. I can do it in

Vista, but not in XP Pro SP2. For adding the Tool tab and adding new tools

to it, see:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906569

 

"Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

news:Oxkyj.16336$XI.9641@text.news.virginmedia.com...

> Hi,

>

> Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2) to

> store the various system utilities and dialogs.

>

> BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and 'Services',

> are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or from the

> 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

>

> Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got

> around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager

> and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add

> shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine, but

> I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the desktop

> in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add these

> shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural home.

>

> Many thanks.

>

> PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

> run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

> Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

>

> A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk Management,

> Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

>

> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

>

> HTH.

[Guest Poster Matt]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Perhaps you can add them to the Tools tab on the system configuration

> utility (msconfig) and a shortcut to msconfig any where you want,

> including the Quick Launch bar. As I recall the device manager is a

> snap in on the MMC so perhaps that's why you cannot create the

> shortcut. I can do it in Vista, but not in XP Pro SP2. For adding the

> Tool tab and adding new tools to it, see:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906569

 

Thanks for the suggestion Colin, that's an alternative I'll consider if

getting them into Control Panel fails.

 

I'd still like them in Control Panel, surely it's possible to add them,

after all 3rd part apps manage it, EG. Java, Quicktime.

 

Anyone know how?

 

Thanks and good night, getting late in my TZ.

 

> "Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

> news:Oxkyj.16336$XI.9641@text.news.virginmedia.com...

>> Hi,

>>

>> Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2)

>> to store the various system utilities and dialogs.

>>

>> BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and

>> 'Services', are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools)

>> or from the 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

>>

>> Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally

>> got around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device

>> Manager and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me

>> add shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work

>> fine, but I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel.

>> On the desktop in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how

>> to add these shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their

>> natural home.

>>

>> Many thanks.

>>

>> PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

>> run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

>> Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

>>

>> A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk

>> Management, Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

>>

>> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

>>

>> HTH.

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

I still think the dependency on MMC is at the root of your problem doing it.

 

"Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

news:lvlyj.16370$XI.3233@text.news.virginmedia.com...

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:

>> Perhaps you can add them to the Tools tab on the system configuration

>> utility (msconfig) and a shortcut to msconfig any where you want,

>> including the Quick Launch bar. As I recall the device manager is a snap

>> in on the MMC so perhaps that's why you cannot create the shortcut. I

>> can do it in Vista, but not in XP Pro SP2. For adding the Tool tab and

>> adding new tools to it, see:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906569

>

> Thanks for the suggestion Colin, that's an alternative I'll consider if

> getting them into Control Panel fails.

>

> I'd still like them in Control Panel, surely it's possible to add them,

> after all 3rd part apps manage it, EG. Java, Quicktime.

>

> Anyone know how?

>

> Thanks and good night, getting late in my TZ.

>

>

>> "Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

>> news:Oxkyj.16336$XI.9641@text.news.virginmedia.com...

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2)

>>> to store the various system utilities and dialogs.

>>>

>>> BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and

>>> 'Services', are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or

>>> from the 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

>>>

>>> Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got

>>> around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager

>>> and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add

>>> shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine,

>>> but I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the

>>> desktop in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add

>>> these shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural

>>> home.

>>>

>>> Many thanks.

>>>

>>> PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

>>> run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

>>> Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

>>>

>>> A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk

>>> Management, Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

>>>

>>> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

>>>

>>> HTH.

>>

[Guest Jean Rosenfeld]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

As an alternative to adding it to control panel, you can add device manager

to the right click context menu of My Computer icon with a simple registry

edit. Copy/paste into Notepad the following lines, save as .reg file. Double

click on the .reg file to merge its contents

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]

@="none"

 

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]

@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,\

72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\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,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,00,64,00,65,00,\

76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

 

 

 

 

"Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

news:Oxkyj.16336$XI.9641@text.news.virginmedia.com...

> Hi,

>

> Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2) to

> store the various system utilities and dialogs.

>

> BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and 'Services',

> are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or from the

> 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

>

> Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got

> around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager

> and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add

> shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine, but

> I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the desktop

> in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add these

> shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural home.

>

> Many thanks.

>

> PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

> run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

> Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

>

> A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk Management,

> Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

>

> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

>

> HTH.

[Guest Jean Rosenfeld]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

To add services to contest menu:

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Services]

@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,73,00,72,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,\

2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,00,00

"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

 

[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,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,73,00,65,00,\

72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

 

"Jean Rosenfeld" <jean.rosenfeld@nospam.uk> wrote in message

news:u1wfu4$eIHA.5560@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> As an alternative to adding it to control panel, you can add device

> manager to the right click context menu of My Computer icon with a simple

> registry edit. Copy/paste into Notepad the following lines, save as .reg

> file. Double click on the .reg file to merge its contents

>

> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>

> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]

> @="none"

>

>

> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]

> @=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,\

> 72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,00,00

> "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

>

> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\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,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,00,64,00,65,00,\

> 76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

>

>

>

>

> "Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

> news:Oxkyj.16336$XI.9641@text.news.virginmedia.com...

>> Hi,

>>

>> Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2) to

>> store the various system utilities and dialogs.

>>

>> BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and 'Services',

>> are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or from the

>> 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

>>

>> Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got

>> around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager

>> and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add

>> shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine,

>> but I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the

>> desktop in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add

>> these shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural

>> home.

>>

>> Many thanks.

>>

>> PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

>> run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

>> Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

>>

>> A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk

>> Management, Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

>>

>> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

>>

>> HTH.

>

>

[Guest Poster Matt]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

Many thanks for those 2 .reg files Jean - that'll do me - didn't know

you could do that. Can 'Control Panel' be added to the same right-click

context menu?

 

 

Jean Rosenfeld wrote:

> To add services to contest menu:

>

> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>

> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Services]

> @=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,73,00,72,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,\

> 2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,00,00

> "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

>

> [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,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,73,00,65,00,\

> 72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

>

> "Jean Rosenfeld" <jean.rosenfeld@nospam.uk> wrote in message

> news:u1wfu4$eIHA.5560@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> As an alternative to adding it to control panel, you can add device

>> manager to the right click context menu of My Computer icon with a simple

>> registry edit. Copy/paste into Notepad the following lines, save as .reg

>> file. Double click on the .reg file to merge its contents

>>

>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>>

>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]

>> @="none"

>>

>>

>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]

>> @=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,\

>> 72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,00,00

>> "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

>>

>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\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,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,00,64,00,65,00,\

>> 76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

>> news:Oxkyj.16336$XI.9641@text.news.virginmedia.com...

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> Control Panel is a convenient and sensible place for Windows (XP, SP2) to

>>> store the various system utilities and dialogs.

>>>

>>> BUT 2 of the things I use most regulary, 'Device Manager' and 'Services',

>>> are started from either a secondary folder (Admin. Tools) or from the

>>> 'System' dialog's 'Hardware' tab -- how inconvenient !!

>>>

>>> Today after living with this inconvenience for many years I finally got

>>> around to creating 2 shortcuts in Control Panel, one for Device Manager

>>> and one for Services, only to find Control Panel won't let me add

>>> shortcuts. I've added shortcuts to them on my desktop which work fine,

>>> but I can neither add a shortcut nor copy one to Control Panel. On the

>>> desktop in fine in the short-term but can someone tell me how to add

>>> these shortcuts to Control Panel, which is, after all, their natural

>>> home.

>>>

>>> Many thanks.

>>>

>>> PS. In case anyone wants to know, use these file names from the

>>> run/command prompt/create shortcut to directly open Device Manager and

>>> Services respectively: devmgmt.msc and services.msc

>>>

>>> A list of file names for similar system dialogs/apps (EG. Disk

>>> Management, Event Viewer, etc.) can be found here:

>>>

>>> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/mmc.htm

>>>

>>> HTH.

>>

>

>

[Guest Poster Matt]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

Poster Matt wrote:

> Many thanks for those 2 .reg files Jean - that'll do me - didn't know

> you could do that. Can 'Control Panel' be added to the same right-click

> context menu?

 

Forget that - I found it and a load more.

 

Here's a rar file link to several .reg files I've made to add the

following items to the right-click context menu of My Computer:

 

Add+Remove Programs, Control Panel, Device Manager, Log-Off, Re-Boot,

Services, Shudown. [A web search will reveal even more if you want

something else as well.]

 

Notes:

 

1) Each item has its own .reg file so you can add just the ones you want.

 

2) The Log-Off, Re-Boot, and Shutdown items when clicked on in the

context menu, do NOT bring up a confirmation dialog, once clicked they

issue a warning but there is no way to cancel.

 

3) All the .reg files worked fine for me in XP SP2 - I would not use

them with any other version of Windows, and it would be sensible to back

up your registry before installing just-in-case.

 

The RAR is called, links below:

 

Adding_Items_To_My_Computer_Right-Click_Context_Menu_Reg_Files.rar

 

TinyURL link to rapidshare download:

http://tinyurl.com/3xlzn6

 

TinyURL Preview link to rapidshare download:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3xlzn6

 

Direct link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/96432405/Adding_Items_To_My_Computer_Right-Click_Context_Menu_Reg_Files.rar

 

HTH.

[Guest Poster Matt]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

 

Am I correct in thinking to remove one of the .reg entries I just need

to add a '-' to the key?

 

EG. This .reg file adds Reboot to the context menu of My Computer:

 

----------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]

@="shutdown -r -f -t 5"

----------------------------------------------

 

To remove it do I just do this alteration?

 

----------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]

@="shutdown -r -f -t 5"

----------------------------------------------

 

Or should I also take out the value for the remove version?

 

----------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]

----------------------------------------------

 

Thanks.

[Guest Poster Matt]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

and finally...

 

I'm not sure if I like the lack of confirmation with LogOff, Shutdown,

and Re-Boot. Is there a method of invoking the 'Shutdown' dialog which

you get when clicking 'Turn Off Computer' from (ironically) the Start Menu?

 

I tried using 'Shutdown -i' but that just invokes the remote shutdown

dialog.

 

Thanks.

[Guest Jean Rosenfeld]

Re: Shortcuts to Device Manager and Services in Control Panel, How?

 

Personally, I just go into the registry and delete the keys manually. Can't

remember whether the - should be to the right or the left of the [

 

 

"Poster Matt" <postermatt@no_spam_for_me.org> wrote in message

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>

> Am I correct in thinking to remove one of the .reg entries I just need to

> add a '-' to the key?

>

> EG. This .reg file adds Reboot to the context menu of My Computer:

>

> ----------------------------------------------

> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>

> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]

> @="shutdown -r -f -t 5"

> ----------------------------------------------

>

> To remove it do I just do this alteration?

>

> ----------------------------------------------

> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>

> [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]

> @="shutdown -r -f -t 5"

> ----------------------------------------------

>

> Or should I also take out the value for the remove version?

>

> ----------------------------------------------

> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

>

> [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]

> ----------------------------------------------

>

> Thanks.