Windows 7,8,8.1 quicklaunch & Context menu

[Seafood]

Hey guys been foolin with Windows 8 & 8.1 mainly in a VM & have come across two handy reg files that add both Quick Launch & Control Panel in your right click Context menu!

Here's the reg files, just paste into notepad & change the ext to .reg & merge straight into the registry.

I'm sure most Wind 8 users will appreciate these! Will also work on Wind 7

Tested on W7, W8, W8.1 x64 arch all good.

Please use @ your own risk!!!

Enjoy.

 

Quicklaunch

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;SOFTWARE ###################################################################################

;Get Rid of Old
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Softwares]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Quick Launch]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Quick Launch]
"MUIVerb"="Quick Launch"
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\ContextMenus\\tools"
"icon"="C:\\Windows\\system32\\wucltux.dll,7"
"Position"="Top"

;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\Bluetooth File Transfer]
;"MUIVerb"="Bluetooth File Transfer"
;"icon"="C:\\Windows\\system32\\fsquirt.exe,0"

;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\Bluetooth File Transfer\command]
;@="fsquirt.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\102]
"MUIVerb"="Show Desktop"
"icon"="C:\\Windows\\system32\\imageres.dll,105.ico"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\102\command]
@="cscript //B C:\\ShowDesktop.vbs"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\110]
"MUIVerb"="Mozilla Firefox"
"icon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\110\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\230]
"MUIVerb"="Internet Explorer"
"icon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\230\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\260]
"MUIVerb"="Calculator"
"icon"="calc.exe,0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\tools\Shell\260\command]
@="calc.exe"
 

 

Control Panel

 

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Old way on Desktop
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DesktopBackground\Shell\System]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DesktopBackground\ContextMenus\system]
;Erase to rewrite and update
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\System]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\System]
"MUIVerb"="System Tools"
"icon"="imageres.dll,104"
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\ContextMenus\\system"
"Position"="bottom"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\System\command]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys102]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\imageres.dll,-161"
"MUIVerb"="Add Remove"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys102\command]
@="control appwiz.cpl"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys104\command]
@="SnippingTool.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys107]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\imageres.dll,-114"
"MUIVerb"="Administrator Mode"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys107\command]
@="explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys110]
@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
  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,\
  79,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,\
  00,34,00,30,00,30,00,00,00
"MUIVerb"=hex(2):43,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,20,00,4d,00,\
  61,00,6e,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c
"icon"="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\CompMgmtLauncher.exe,0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys110\command]
@="CompMgmtLauncher.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys112]
"icon"="control.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="Control Panel"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys112\command]
@="control.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys114]
"icon"="imageres.dll,-24"
"MUIVerb"="Default Programs"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys114\command]
@="control.exe /name Microsoft.DefaultPrograms"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys116]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\cleanmgr.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="Disk Cleanup"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys116\command]
@="cleanmgr.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys118]
"icon"="eventvwr.exe"
"MUIVerb"="Event Viewer"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys118\command]
@="eventvwr.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys120]
"MUIVerb"="Local Group Policy Editor"
"Icon"="%SYSTEMROOT%\\System32\\gpedit.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys120\command]
@="mmc gpedit.msc"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys122]
"MUIVerb"="Msconfig"
"Icon"="%SYSTEMROOT%\\System32\\msconfig.exe,0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys122\command]
@="msconfig.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys124]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\perfmon.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="Resource Monitor"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys124\command]
@="perfmon.exe /res"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys126]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\filemgmt.dll,0"
"MUIVerb"="Services"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys126\command]
@="mmc services.msc"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys128]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\msinfo32.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="System Information"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys128\command]
@="msinfo32.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys130]
"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="Systeminfo + Hotfix(s) to file"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys130\command]
@="cmd /C Systeminfo > Systeminfo.txt"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys134]
"icon"="%windir%\\System32\\UserAccountControlSettings.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="User Account Control"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys134\command]
@="UserAccountControlSettings.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys136]
"icon"="%windir%\\System32\\netplwiz.exe,0"
"MUIVerb"="User Accounts"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys136\command]
@="netplwiz.exe"

Edited December 29, 2013 by Seafood

[Ropotalo]

It worked for me, thanks, Seafood.