This is a belated 500th post for dealer
Does your "Control Panel" look bare, would you like more stuff inside it?
Open up your Registry and make your way here:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/ControlPanel/NameSpace
Right-click NameSpace and create as many of these Keys as you like:-
{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} This will add the "Search" function
{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} This will add the "Run" function
{48e7caab-b918-4e58-a94d-505519c795dc} This will add the Current Users "Start Menu" folder
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} This will add the "Recycle Bin"
{7be9d83c-a729-4d97-b5a7-1b7313c39e0a} This will add the All Users "Programs" folder
{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} This will add "Internet Explorer"
If your "My Computer" looks bare, you can add things to it.
Open up your Registry and make your way here:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MyComputer/NameSpace
Right-click NameSpace and create as many of these Keys as you like:-
{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} This will add the "Search" function
{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} This will add the "Run" function
{48e7caab-b918-4e58-a94d-505519c795dc} This will add the Current Users "Start Menu" folder
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} This will add the "Recycle Bin"
{7be9d83c-a729-4d97-b5a7-1b7313c39e0a} This will add the All Users "Programs" folder
{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} This will add "Internet Explorer"
{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1} This will add "TaskBar and Start Menu"
{6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF} This will add "Folder Options"
{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} This will add "Network Connections"
{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152} This will add the "Fonts" folder
{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153} This will add "Administrative Tools"
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} This will add "Scheduled Tasks"
{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD} This will add "Scanners and Cameras"
Have you ever opened Administrative Tools and wondered where the Group Policy Editor or the Registry Editor were. Two of the more useful administration tools are absent, you then have to go to "Run" and type the name of it in before you can use it, daft.
Open up "Administrative Tools" in "Control Panel", leave the window open, then go to
C:\WINDOWS\System32\gpedit.msc
and either create a shortcut of it and then Cut and Paste the shortcut into the Administrative Tools window. Or just Drag and Drop a copy of gpedit.msc into the Admin Tools window.
Do the same for Regedit, this can be found here:-
C:\WINDOWS
If you have "Administrative Tools" on your "Start Menu" as a menu, all the good stuff is just 2 clicks away.
