Manufacturer Link On Start Menu

#1 S1LV3RF1$#

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Posted 28 July 2005 - 06:16 AM

Can you have the Manufacturer Link on the Start Menu provide dual functionality, Lets say that if you right click on it, is it possible to have it give you 2 choices instead of just one?

The Basic Reason that I would like this is so that users can link to our help page from internal and from external points of our network.

#2 Shark007

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 06:10 AM

These 2 reg files will create a button under 'Run' in the start menu

WebLink button

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Sets the button name
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 
 @="Update Windows" 
 "LocalizedString"="Windows Update Site" 
 "InfoTip"="Visit Microsoft and look for updates for Windows XP" 

; Sets the icon to C:\Windows\System32\help.ico
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
  @=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,5C,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,6F,00,77,00,\
  73,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,68,\
  00,65,00,6C,00,70,00,2E,00,69,00,63,00,6f,00,00,00

; Sets the action to this website
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] 
 "CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" 
 "method"="ShellExecute" 
 "Command"="Updates Windows XP" 
 "Param1"="http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com"

Email button

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Sets the button name
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 
 @="Email YourCompanyName" 
 "LocalizedString"="Email YourCompanyName" 
 "InfoTip"="Send us Email" 

; Sets the icon to C:\Windows\System32\help.ico
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
  @=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,5C,00,77,00,69,00,6E,00,64,00,6F,00,77,00,\
  73,00,5C,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,68,\
  00,65,00,6C,00,70,00,2E,00,69,00,63,00,6f,00,00,00

; Sets the action to this website
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] 
 "CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" 
 "method"="ShellExecute" 
 "Command"="Email YourCompanyName" 
 "Param1"="mailto:support.YourCompanyName.com@yourprovider.com"

of course, edit the files to suit your purpose.

Shark

This post has been edited by Shark007: 12 August 2005 - 06:11 AM

#3 diesel_98a

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 10:01 AM

u can actually add 3 links that i know of, if ur interested........

#4 JuMz

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 12:05 PM

diesel_98a, on Aug 12 2005, 10:01 AM, said:

u can actually add 3 links that i know of, if ur interested........
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am...

#5 S1LV3RF1$#

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Posted 15 August 2005 - 08:26 AM

diesel_98a, on Aug 12 2005, 11:01 AM, said:

u can actually add 3 links that i know of, if ur interested........
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Very Much So

#6 BlueMe

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 05:10 PM

lol...me too

#7 Doctor Trout

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Posted 09 May 2006 - 10:12 AM

How would you go about adding a button like this one that ran a specific programme?

Thanks.

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Posted 17 June 2006 - 02:18 PM

@ Shark007

Thank you for sharing this tip. Actually, I used your tip to fix "Help and Support" link in Start menu.

The fix applies only to the Default Start menu. Anyway to apply it to Classic Start menu, too?

Thanks.

This post has been edited by mazin: 18 June 2006 - 05:11 AM

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