Add "Device Manager" to Context Menu?

Anyone know how to add "Device Manager" to the context menu when right
clicking on the "Computer" icon?

I found this:
'Vista Reg tweaks! - ZomgStuff Forum'
(http://www.zomgstuff.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7512)

but I don't know what to do with that code.


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IsLNdbOi

IsLNdbOi wrote:
> Anyone know how to add "Device Manager" to the context menu when right
> clicking on the "Computer" icon?
>
> I found this:
> 'Vista Reg tweaks! - ZomgStuff Forum'
> (http://www.zomgstuff.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7512)
>
> but I don't know what to do with that code.

You need to create a reg file.
Create a new blank text document on your desktop.
Copy and paste this into it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Add "Device Manager" to the right click menu of "Computer"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDevices]
@=hex(2):44,00,65,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,20,00 ,4d,00,61,00,6e,00,61,00,67,
00,65,00,72,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellDevicescommand]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00 ,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,
00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00 ,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,
65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73 ,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00 ,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,
32,00,5c,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74 ,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,
00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00



Save the document, change the extension from TXT to REG.
Right-click on the reg document and select ' Merge '.

I am not running Vista, so I haven't checked it.
(You may have to mess about doing it as admin or something.)
I just copied the section you are interested in from your link.
The lines beginning with a semi-colon [ ; ] are just comment lines.
You can copy and paste any sections you want into one reg file.
Just make sure you have the one header - Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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"IsLNdbOi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Anyone know how to add "Device Manager" to the context menu when right
> clicking on the "Computer" icon?
>
> I found this:
> 'Vista Reg tweaks! - ZomgStuff Forum'
> (http://www.zomgstuff.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7512)
>
> but I don't know what to do with that code.


That 'code' is a bunch of registry changes that does a LOT of different
things. If you do not even know how to make a .reg file, you really should
not even try to save that.

What's wrong with accessing Device Manager from the Management context menu
entry for Computer?

ss.

"bomb#20" <here@darkstar> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Save the document, change the extension from TXT to REG.
> Right-click on the reg document and select ' Merge '.
>


If you type "filename.reg" (with quotes) in the Notepad Save dialogue, it
saves as a .reg file and you do not have to change the file extension.

ss.

Well I know how to make a reg file. I just haven't done it in Vista
before. Thanks bomb#20.


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