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Show special folder 3 in “My Computer”.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

Your “My Computer” folder displays all the drives configured on your system, including removable drives. This tweak is useful when you regularly access a folder and want to avoid subsequent clicks to access the folder. The new view can easily show your own special folder in the “My Computer” and let you access it at a single click.

For this do the following:

1)Create a key '{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}' in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\"

2)Create a key '{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}' in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\"

2.1)Update the data value of 'Default' with the folder name that you want to display.

2.2)Create a string value name 'InfoTip' and set the value you want to show as going with the mouse of the entry.

3) Create a key “DefaultIcon” in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}]

3.1) Update the data value of 'Default' with “shell32.dll,4”.

4) Create a key “InProcServer32” in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}]

4.1) Update the data value of “Default” with 'SHDocVw.dll'.

4.2) Create a string 'ThreadingModel' and set the value with 'Apartment'.

5) Create a key “Instance” in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}]

5.1) Update the data value of “Default” with blank.

5.2) Create a string “CLSID” and set the value with '{0AfACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}'.

5.3) Create a key “InitPropertyBag” in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance]

5.3.1) Update the data value of “Default” with blank.

5.3.2) Create a DWORD “Attributes” and set the value with '15 (In Hexadecimal Base)'.

5.3.3) Create an String “Target” and set the value with the path of the special folder.

6) Create a key 'ShellFolder' under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}].

6.1) Update the data value of “Default” with blank.

6.2) Create a DWORD "Attributes" and set the value with 'f8000110 (In Hexadecimal Base)

6.3) Create a string “WantsFORPARSING” and leave it blank.

After refreshing your system you can see the effects on your My Computer.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Folder name

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 4 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

InfoTip

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Message at Mouse Over

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 5 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

DefaultIcon

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 6 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\DefaultIcon\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

shell32.dll,4

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 7 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

InProcServer32

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 8 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\InProcServer32\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

SHDocVw.dll

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 9 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\InProcServer32\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

ThreadingModel

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Apartment

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 10 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Instance

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 11 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 12 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

CLSID

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

{0AfACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 13 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

InitPropertyBag

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 14 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance\InitPropertyBag\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 15 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance\InitPropertyBag\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Attributes

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

15 (Base Hexadecimal)

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 16 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\Instance\InitPropertyBag\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Target

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Path of the desire folder

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 17 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{53076C7E-A813-42D5-BCD9-1203684175B9}\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

ShellFolder

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 18 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\ShellFolder\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 19 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\ShellFolder\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Attributes

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

f8000110 (Base Hexadecimal)

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 20 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}\ShellFolder\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

WantsFORPARSING

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Special folder beside the common drives is being created.

No special folder beside the common drives is being created by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\] key, right-click and click on the "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}".

Third, the created key will look like below.

Fourth, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\] key, right-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}".

Fifth, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Sixth, enter the folder name that you want in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Seventh, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "InfoTip".

Eighth, right-click on the 'InfoTip' String value and click on "Modify".

Ninth, enter the message you want at mouse over in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Tenth, right-click on the '{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "DefaultIcon".

Eleventh, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Twelfth, enter the value "shell32.dll,4" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Thirteenth, right-click on the '{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "InProcServer32".

Fourteenth, the created key 'InProcServer32' will look like below.

Fifteenth, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Sixteenth, enter the value "SHDocVw.dll" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Seventeenth, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "ThreadingModel".

Eighteenth, right-click on the 'ThreadingModel' String value and click on "Modify".

Ninteenth, enter the value "Apartment" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Twentieth, right-click on the '{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "Instance".

Twenty-first, the created key 'Instance' will look like below.

Twenty-second, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Twenty-third, enter the value blank in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Twenty-fourth, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "CLSID".

Twenty-fifth, right-click on the 'CLSID' String value and click on "Modify".

Twenty-sixth, enter the value "{0AfACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Twenty-seventh, right-click on the 'Instance' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "InitPropertyBag".

Twenty-eighth, the created key 'InitPropertyBag' will look like below.

Twenty-ninth, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Thirtieth, enter the value blank in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Thirty-first, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "Attributes".

Thirty-second, right-click on the 'Attributes' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Thirty-third, enter the value "15" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Thirty-fourth, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "Target".

Thirty-fifth, right-click on the 'Target' String value and click on "Modify".

Thirty-sixth, enter the path of the desired folder in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Thirty-seventh, right-click on the '{E6AE03D1-706C-4AA2-8A89-9195C15B5FD2}' key and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "ShellFolder".

Thirty-eighth, right-click on the "Default" String value and click on "Modify".

Thirty-ninth, enter the value blank in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Fourtieth, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "Attributes".

Fourty-first, right-click on the 'Attributes' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Fourty-second, enter the value "f8000110" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Fourty-third, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "WantsFORPARSING".

Fourty-fourth, right-click on the 'WantsFORPARSING' String value and click on "Modify".

Fourty-fifth, enter the value blank in the text box and click on 'OK'.