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More drives are made available in “My Computers” context menu.

This setting can make more drives available in the context menu of My Computer.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

You can add links of various drives in the context menu that opens after right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon. On clicking the added link, it will instantly bring up the selected drive folder.

For this, you have to make changes in the registry. Go to Start > Run and enter "regedit". Now, search the key listed below. Make a new key under "Shell" named "SysDrvA" and set its default string value to "Go To Drive A:\". Then, create a sub key "Command" under "SysDrvA", and change its default string value to "C:\Windows\explorer.exe A:\" (where C:\ is the default Windows drive).

Follow the same steps for other drives like C: and D:. Create the custom keys under "Shell" by names "SysDrvC" and "SysDrvD". In the next step, set their default string values to "Go To Drive C:\" and "Go To Drive D:\" respectively. Finally, create "Command" sub keys under each custom key and set their string value to "C:\Windows\explorer.exe C:\" and "C:\Windows\explorer.exe D:\". And you are done.

The changes will take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
For Windows 2000 users, the default string values for "Command" key are "C:\WINNT\explorer.exe A:\", "C:\ WINNT\explorer.exe C:\" and "C:\ WINNT\explorer.exe D:\" respectively.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

SysDrvA

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Go To Drive A:\

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 3 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Command

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 4 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

C:\Windows\explorer.exe A:\

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 5 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

SysDrvC

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 6 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Go To Drive C:\

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 7 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Command

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 8 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

C:\Windows\explorer.exe C:\

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 9 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

SysDrvD

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 10 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Go To Drive D:\

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 11 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Command

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 12 :

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

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

C:\Windows\explorer.exe D:\

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

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

Additional Drives are added under 'My Computer' context menu.

No additional Drives are visible under 'My Computer' context menu.

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

Second, go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\Shell\] and create a new key "SysDrvA".

Third, right-click on "Default" and select 'Modify'.

Finally, set the 'Value data' as "Go To Drive A:\" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Again, go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTS\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\Shell\SysDrvA] and create another key "command" under "SysDrvA".

Further, right-click on "Default" and select 'Modify'.

Finally, set the 'Value data' as "C:\Windows\explorer.exe A:\" (where C:\ is your default drive) in the text box and click on 'OK'.