Friday, March 14, 2008

Add items to "Start" using registry

Always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing them Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the Start button setting.

* Click Start ==> Run ==> Type Regedit ==> OK.

* In Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell

*Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.

* Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you are interested to add in start button. For example if you want to add MS excel, then full path may be C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.

* Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.



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