JSI Tip 8974. How can I add Manage items to the My Computer right-click context menu?
Jerold Schulman
January 24, 2005
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When you right-click My Computer and press Manage, the System Management (Local) Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is opened.
If you find that you use some of these consoles frequently, you might want to add one or two directly to the My Computer context menu.
To add Device Manager:
1. Open a CMD.EXE window.2. Type the following command and press Enter:
reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDevice Managercommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32DevMgmt.msc" /F
NOTE: REG.EXE is built into Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and later, or installed from the Windows 2000 Support Tools.
Here are some other possibilities:
Services reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellServicescommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32Services.msc" /FIndexing Service reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellIndexing Servicecommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32CIADV.msc" /FDisk Defragmenter reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDisk Defragmentercommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32Dfreg.msc" /FDisk Management reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDisk Managementcommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32DiskMgmt.msc" /FEvent Viewer reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellEvent Viewercommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32EventVWR.msc" /FLocal Users and Groups reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellLocal Users and Groupscommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32LUsrMgr.msc" /FPerformance reg add "HKCRCLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellPerformancecommand" /VE /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /D "%SystemRoot%system32mmc.exe /s %SystemRoot%system32PerfMon.msc" /F
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