Desktop Icon Drop Down Menus

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Is it possible to change and move items that appear in these menus? I would
like the "open" option to appear at the top like it does on my other
systems. I would like to move and or remove other options also.

TIA.

Bob
 
Open will appear at the top of the menu if Open is the default action. The
top item is usually in bold type. Explore or Search can be the defaults and
either one can appear at the top of the menu and in bold text.

If Explore appears at the top it can be changed to Open.

Set Open as default for (NONE) Folder in Folder Options.

Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
File Types tab | Scroll down to and Select: (NONE) Folder |
Advanced button | Highlight: open | Set Default | Click OK |
Click Apply | Click OK

If Search appears at the top, this is usually because of a problem. And
Search also opens instead of the folder when double clicking.

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Some other options can be removed from the menu by editing the registry.

Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace objects
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Remove unwanted entries from the context menus
Customize the right click context menus
http://www2.technobabble.com.au/article182.html

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wesley said:
Open will appear at the top of the menu if Open is the default
action. The top item is usually in bold type. Explore or Search can
be the defaults and either one can appear at the top of the menu and
in bold text.

If Explore appears at the top it can be changed to Open.

Set Open as default for (NONE) Folder in Folder Options.

Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
File Types tab | Scroll down to and Select: (NONE) Folder |
Advanced button | Highlight: open | Set Default | Click OK |
Click Apply | Click OK

If Search appears at the top, this is usually because of a problem.
And Search also opens instead of the folder when double clicking.

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Some other options can be removed from the menu by editing the
registry.

Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
objects http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Remove unwanted entries from the context menus
Customize the right click context menus
http://www2.technobabble.com.au/article182.html


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Thanks for some very interesting information. I have look at every link to
find what I am looking for but I seem to be missing something or an
understand of what I must to do remove or move the troublesome entrees. When
I right click on any icon I see the two top entrees as saying "Save Desktop
Items" and "Restore Desktop Items". I have used these features in the past
when I have for some reason had my Icons move from one monitor to the other
on my dual monitor systems. I have been grateful for this but could do
without them or would like to move them to some other place on the drop down
menus. I only have these on one System and am not used to it when I click to
fast thinking I am opening that program and I am not. I was not able to
find a reference to these features and only references to actual programs
like Norton etc. Would you know perhaps if I have over looked the ability to
move these to another location? I can not identify any registry keys that
reflect these entrees but I am not at all experienced in dealing with Reg.
keys anyway. I will spend more time looking in search of a solution and will
wait for a reply if you or anyone else has anything to add that may allow be
to find what I need to know.

TIA.

Bob
 
This look familar, Bob?

Icon Restore - User reviews and free download at Download.com
http://www.download.com/Icon-Restore/3640-2347_4-10163500.html

You can use ShellExView to disable the context menu handlers.

ShellExView v1.14 - Shell Extensions Manager
Copyright (c) 2003 - 2005 Nir Sofer
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Also see this, ignore the title...
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Has some good info on ShellExView in the article.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wesley said:
This look familar, Bob?

Icon Restore - User reviews and free download at Download.com
http://www.download.com/Icon-Restore/3640-2347_4-10163500.html
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Actually it does not. I have looked for this application to see if it had
indeed been installed but I see nothing on my system as far as I can tell. I
looked in Add/Remove and it does not show and noting in my Programs folder.
I searched and noting found. I wonder if it might me left over from removing
that application or if it is present under another named applicaiton or
somehow included in another bundled package. I have ShellExView already
installed and see nothing there that looks like what I am looking for.
 
I have ShellExView already installed and see nothing there that looks
like what I am looking for.
Click to expand...

Disable non-Microsoft items one at a time until you find the offenders.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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