openware Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 On new Compaq/HP and Dell Computers they have an extra button on the start menu that points to the manufacturer support app or site.Using the information from a Dell XP CD I discovered a simple method for adding your own Manufacturer Link to the start menu during Install.First add the following line to the CMDLINES.txt (or equivilent) file.rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\oem.INFNow create your oem.inf file with the following lines:[Version]Signature=$CHICAGO$[DefaultInstall]AddReg=OEMLabel.AddReg, OEMHTML.AddReg, OEMIcon.AddReg, OEMLink.AddReg, Volume.AddReg[OEMLabel.AddReg]HKCR,"CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}",,0000000000,"Button Label"[OEMHTML.AddReg]HKCR,"CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag","Command",0000000000,"Context Label"HKCR,"CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag","Param1",0x00020000,"path-to-app"[OEMIcon.AddReg]HKCR,"CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon",,0x00020000,"%SystemRoot%\youricon.ico"#Allows you to show/hide the OEM link[OEMLink.AddReg]HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\ShowOEMLink","NoOEMLinkInstalled",0x00010001,0#Adds Volume Control to Tray[Volume.AddReg]HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray","Services",0x00010001,31This adds the OEM branding Icon to the start panel and the option to show/hide it from the advanced properties. (adds the option "Manufacturer Link" next to Help and Support)You can also add a line in the CMDLINES.txt to copy your OEM icon to the windows directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Hi openware,Thanx for the info.You might like to check out a .REG method for this as well:;Link to any location on start menu (Branding)[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] @="Internet Searching"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-15" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] "CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" "method"="ShellExecute""Command"="Internet Searching""Param1"="http://www.google.com"Of course, I changed it to make it worth the function - you can just as easily set the Param1 to a path on your HDD, or some other site like dell.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 interestingthanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openware Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 Sorry I forgot the code tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanx Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 so can we add a Manufacturer Link after its all done like if it doesnt have the oeminfo.ini etc in the system32 directory can we also add that Manufacturers Link as an addon too ?if so what do we need to do to have something simple.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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