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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