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1.Restoring the Sort Order

If dragging and dropping on the Start menu is not disabled then you can sort all Programs menu items. Windows XP also sometimes adds new shortcuts to the bottom of the all Programs menu.Finding the program you want to run is difficult when the sort order of the Start menu is disordered.

Go to

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder

sort order of the Favorites menu and Start menu now can be seen in the subkeys.The subkey Favorites contains the sort order of the Favorites menu. The subkey Start Menu contains the sort order of the classic Start menu, and the subkey Start Menu2 contains the sort order of the new Start menu.

You can remove any of them to resort the corresponding menu in alphabetical order.

For example, to restore the All Programs menu to alphabetical order, remove the subkey Start Menu2. To restore the Favorites menu in both Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer, remove the subkey Favorites.

2.Add a custom folder to My Computer or The Desktop

This hack will Create a custom folder - like the special My Document folder - and one that cannot be deleted or renamed!

Step 1
In the registry editor navigate to

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HKEY_CLASS_ROOT(HCR)\CLSID

Create a new key with a Globally Unique Identifier {GUID}.Examples of GUIDs are

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{A34EF940-4223-437e-B54B-F09E86F6E946}
{1E854EF7-5415-4aa2-B1EB-01F98C5EC8B2}
{CAA2C044-026B-48c0-A2CA-ED6DC1629016}
{207E8C61-8BA0-4772-8B5E-FE0F38C6B662}


Step 2
Set the value of the "(default)" Setting for this key to the name of the folder, say "Private Place".Create a new subkey under the main key and call it

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DefaultIcon

Set the value of "(DefaultIcon)" to the file name and path of the icon file you want to use for the folder, for example

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C:\Ico\Vista\private.ico

If you don't specify a path to the icon file then, Windows Will use its default folder icon instead.

Step 3
Create another subkey under the main key called

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InprocServer32

Set the default value here to the

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shell32.dll

Create another string value called

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ThreadingModel

and set its value to

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Apartment

There 's one more: create another subkey called

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Shell\Open My Folder\Command

under the main key and set the default value

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explorer /root,C:\Private Place

Step 4
There's more keys to be created

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ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\{207E8C61-8BA0-4772-8B5E-FE0F38C6B662}

and

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ShellFolder

Under this key, create a new binary value called

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Attributes

With the value

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00 00 00 00

Step 5
To place the folder in My Computer,
Go to

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HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

and add

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{207E8C61-8BA0-4772-8B5E-FE0F38C6B662}

To place the folder on desktop,

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HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

and add

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{207E8C61-8BA0-4772-8B5E-FE0F38C6B662}

Now go to My Computer and Desktop,and you'll see a new custom folder!