Modify `START' button right click `Explore' target WinXP and 98

Those are for Windows Explorer Icon but work just as well on the Start Menu shortcut by Modding the reg. I have a way to also add a different link to that list if needed.

Press {Windows Key} +E

I have modified the Windows Explorer target under Accessories in Win XP.

But now I want to modify the target of the `Explore' option which I get when I right click the START button. Where is that entry referenced or does it need regedit? If so, how?

I noticed after I posted and That one's tough. May be a dll call if I remember correctly
So I just add another link to the right click to any folder/Start Menu  I want this way.

Add a shortcut to any folder and it appears on Start Menu and all folders.
Note: This will appear on all Users menus.
I add the -| |- to make it look neater and easier to find, not needed. Just add the name you want to appear to replace this -| UnattendXP |-
Then paste your app dir without a backslash. D:\\_Appzz\\_UnattendXP
Easy way to jump to my current programming project.
Add as many as you like.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\-| UnattendXP |-]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\-| UnattendXP |-\Command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\EXPLORER.EXE /e,D:\\_Appzz\\_UnattendXP"

I amfrom Bangalore (India). I am old time user with nearly 21 yrs of IT under my belt (in hadware and software).

It does look a wee bit complicated...Anyway I will give it a try when I reach my office tomorrow. Let me see if it works.

I am still waiting for some `softer' options. God knows, there could be an easier way which some geek has discovered. So I will wait for all the  inputs till tomorrow morn and if nothing satisfactory comes up, I will give ur method a shot. After all, there is always a first time to get things done the way one wants it.

Where does this ``START' button right clink context menu pick up its options? Surely, not from the Start-Program Files-Accessories- Windows Explorer. I have tweaked that and I can get the desired effects.

Thanks

There is no `softer' GUI method. May be a program out there can do it but I doubt that because.
Where does this ``START' button right clink context menu pick up its options?
I think it is a dll call and require's hacking the dll. - Now Thats extreme
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4622AD11-FF23-11d0-8D34-00A0C90F2719}]
Under that key we see a call to  %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
In SHELL32.dll we see  --  
      MENUITEM "Explore",  20481
      MENUITEM SEPARATOR
      MENUITEM "Open All Users",  20482
      MENUITEM "Explore All Users",  20483

Then heres the 2 keys for Explore but I have had no sucess modifying them. May be the dll overriding me and I don't mess with modding dll's as that may cause problem's later on with updates or something.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Publishing Folder\shell\explore\command]
@="explorer.exe /e,/idlist,%I,%L"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Publishing Folder\shell\open\command]
@="explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L"

So I resort to my method above for adding a link to any folder I want. It may work in 98 also just change
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
to
REGEDIT4

So I guess it is not as simple as I thought it would be. What I have done in XP is to modify the main Windows Explorer target and then `pinned' it on to the `START' menu. So that short cut works fine.

But the `START' button right click context menu of `Explore' takes me to its pre-defined taret which I cannot modify. I do not want to tinker around with DLL modification as I am on a server and I would not like the server to give problems.

So I guess, I will have to get used to using the new `pinned' shortcut on the `STARTUP' menu and forget about the `START' button right click context `Explore'..

Best wishes
Lal