Know-How

Windows Explorer - shell stuff

Environment Variables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable

Variable	Windows XP	Windows Vista/7
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% and %PROGRAMDATA%	C:\Documents and Settings\All Users	C:\ProgramData
%APPDATA%	C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data	C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming
%COMPUTERNAME%	{computername}	{computername}
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%	C:\Program Files\Common Files	C:\Program Files\Common Files
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%	C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files	C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
%COMSPEC%	C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe	C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
%HOMEDRIVE%	C:	C:
%HOMEPATH%	\Documents and Settings\{username}	\Users\{username}
%LOCALAPPDATA%		C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local
%LOGONSERVER%	\\{domain_logon_server}	\\{domain_logon_server}
%PATH%	C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{plus program paths}	C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{plus program paths}
%PATHEXT%	.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.WSF;.WSH	.com;.exe;.bat;.cmd;.vbs;.vbe;.js;.jse;.wsf;.wsh;.msc
%PROGRAMFILES%	%SystemDrive%\Program Files	%SystemDrive%\Program Files
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%	%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86) (only in 64-bit version)	%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86) (only in 64-bit version)
%PROMPT%	Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G	Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G
{Drive}:\$Recycle.Bin	C:\Recycle.Bin	C:\$Recycle.Bin
%SystemDrive%	C:	C:
%SystemRoot%	The Windows directory, usually C:\Windows, formerly C:\WINNT	%SystemDrive%\Windows
%TEMP% and %TMP%	%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp	%SystemDrive%\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp
%USERDOMAIN%	{userdomain}	{userdomain}
%USERDATA%	%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\{username}	%SystemDrive%\Users\{username}
%USERNAME%	{username}	{username}
%USERPROFILE%	%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\{username}	%SystemDrive%\Users\{username}
%WINDIR%	C:\Windows	C:\Windows
%PUBLIC%		%SystemDrive%\Users\Public
%PROGRAMDATA%		%SystemDrive%\ProgramData
%PSModulePath%		%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\

Execute from commandline command - set

ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
ANDROID_HOME=C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows
ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=c:\bin\android\android-ndk-r7\
ANDROID_SDK=C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows
ANT_HOME=c:\bin\apache\Ant\
APPDATA=C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming
asl.log=Destination=file
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=%username%-PC
ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
CONNECTION_NAME=Wireless Network Connection
Cor_Enable_Profiling=0
DNS1=10.1.0.11
DNS2=10.0.1.1
DXSDK_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (March 2009)\
EAZFUSCATOR_NET_HOME=C:\Program Files\Eazfuscator.NET
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
GATEWAY_ROUTER=10.66.66.193
GTK_BASEPATH=C:\Program Files\GtkSharp\2.12\
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\%username%
IP=10.11.11.11
IP_PERSONAL=192.168.1.193
IP_TARGET=192.168.11.251
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER=\\%username%-PC
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\plugins\
NETWORK=10.0.0.0/8
NETWORK_MASK=255.0.0.0
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
PROCESSOR_REVISION=1706
ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
PSModulePath=C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\Windows
TEMP=C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN=username-PC
USERNAME=username
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\%username%
VBOX_INSTALL_PATH=C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\
VS100COMNTOOLS=c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\
VSSDK100Install=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK\
windir=C:\Windows
WIX=C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.5\
XNAGSShared=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\XNA\
XNAGSv4=C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v4.0\

Startup (automatically start applications after login/logon

In Vista

  %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Context menus (right click) in Windows Explorer

SendTo

SendTo (command and context menu). Command opens folder where target shortcuts or apps for sendto are located.

Folders (for some folder elevated rights might be necessary):

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
%USERPROFILE%\SendTo
(C:\Users\username\SendTo)
%ALLUSERPROFILE%\SendTo
c:\Users\AllUsers\SendTo
"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\DefaultUser\SendTo"

Sample:
Visual Studio solution file sample

Command New

To add custom items to Explorer New command (right click +/ New)

Steps:

Run (Start +/ Run) +/ regedit
navigate to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.extension
Create a new key named ShellNew
In the right-pane, create a REG_SZ (String Value) named NullFile or Data or FileName or Command

To add some file located in default folders (read comments) to Context Menu's New command merge following reg file (the empty solution file is in %SYSTEMROOT%\ShellNew, c:\windows\shellnew).
File is commented for better understanding.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; ShellNew add custom to Explorer +/ new command
;
;  Order or execution / Priority is as follows (shown by tests):
;
; FileName
;  Creates a file that is a copy of a specified file. FileName is a REG_SZ value, set to the 
;  fully qualified path of the file to be copied.
;  folders search order:
;    1. %Userprofile%\Templates
;    2. %Allusersprofile%\Templates
;    3. %Systemroot%\ShellNew
;
; Command
;  Executes an application. This is a REG_SZ value specifying the path of the 
;  application to be executed. For example, you could set it to launch a wizard.
;
; Data
;  Creates a file containing specified data. Data is a REG_BINARY value with the file's data. 
;  Data is ignored if either NullFile or FileName is specified.
;
; NullFile
;  Creates an empty file. NullFile is not assigned a value.
; "NullFile"=""
;
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ext\ShellNew]
"FileName"="filename.ext"
; "NullFile"=""

Sample:
Visual Studio solution file sample

New +/ Shortcut

"New Shortcut" is an example where the first method is used (Command). Selecting the File New > Shortcut, actually runs this command:

    rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1

Defined in this key:

  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew
  Command = rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1

Command Prompt here

REGEDIT4 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\DosHere]
@="Command &Prompt:"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\DosHere\command]
@="C:\\windows\\SYSTEM32\\cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\DosHere]
@="DOS &Prompt Here"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\DosHere\command]
@="C:\\windows\\SYSTEM32\\cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""

Command Prompt here as Administrator

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Open Command Window Here (Administrator)"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

Cygwin bash shell here

REGEDIT4 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CygwinHere]
@="Cygwin &Prompt:"
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CygwinHere\command]
;@="C:\\cygwin\\bin\\rxvt.exe -bg white -fg black -sr -sl 1000 -fn \"Fixedsys\" -ls -e /usr/bin/bash --login -c \"cd \\\"`cygpath -u '%1'`\\\"; exec bash\""
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login -c \"cd '%1' ; exec /bin/bash -rcfile ~/.bashrc\""
;@="c:\\cygwin\cygwin.bat"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\CygwinHere]
@="Cygwin &Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\CygwinHere\command]
;@="C:\\cygwin\\bin\\rxvt.exe -bg white -fg black -sr -sl 1000 -fn \"Fixedsys\" -ls -e /usr/bin/bash --login -c \"cd \\\"`cygpath -u '%1'`\\\"; exec bash\""
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login -c \"cd '%1' ; exec /bin/bash -rcfile ~/.bashrc\""
;@="c:\\cygwin\cygwin.bat"

Windows Explorer here - Explore

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Accessibility]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Accessibility\Blind Access]
"On"="0"


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Explore]
Value Name: (Default)
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: explorer.exe /e,/root,"%1"




Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="explorer.exe /e,/root,\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="@shell32.dll,-8506"
"Extended"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CygwinHere]
@="Cygwin &Prompt:"
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CygwinHere\command]
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login -c \"cd '%1' ; exec /bin/bash -rcfile ~/.bashrc\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\DosHere]
@="Command &Prompt:"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\DosHere\command]
@="C:\\windows\\SYSTEM32\\cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find]
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\command]
@=hex(2):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,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
  65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Open Command Window Here (Administrator)"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

Command prompt here

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

Visual Studio command prompt here

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Visual Studio .NET 2010 Command Prompt] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Visual Studio .NET 2010 Command Prompt\command] 
@="cmd.exe %1 /K \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Common7\\Tools\\vsvars32.bat\""

Open with...

Open with Notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"

Open with Notepad - remove

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad]

Open unknown files with Notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell]
@="notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\notepad]
@="Open with Notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\notepad\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\Open\Command] 
@="notepad.exe %1"

Take ownership

Install

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"

Uninstall

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]

Tortoise

Disable

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\DragDropHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryLocation\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]

Enable

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\DragDropHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{3035134A-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{3035134A-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryLocation\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN]
@="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

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Know-How

Windows Explorer - shell stuff

Environment Variables

Startup (automatically start applications after login/logon

Context menus (right click) in Windows Explorer

SendTo

Command New

New +/ Shortcut

Command Prompt here

Command Prompt here

Command Prompt here as Administrator

Cygwin bash shell here

Windows Explorer here - Explore

Command prompt here

Visual Studio command prompt here

Open with...

Open with Notepad

Open with Notepad - remove

Open unknown files with Notepad

Take ownership

Install

Uninstall

Tortoise

Disable

Enable