Add A Button To A Web Site to the Internet Explorer Toolbar

Contributed by shamanstears August 25, 2006  
Tagged: Windows networking

This Tweak allows you to add a web site to the Internet Explorer Toolbar:

In our example we will use Tech-Recipes as the desired site.

Open up Notepad and copy the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer\Extensions\{8b2d996f-b7d1-4961-a929-414d9cf5ba7b}]
“CLSID”=”{1FBA04EE-3024-11d2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}”
“ButtonText”=”Tech-Recipes”
“Icon”=”%SystemRoot%\\System32\\shell32.dll,47″
“HotIcon”=”%SystemRoot%\\System32\\shell32.dll,47″
“Default Visible”=”Yes”
“Exec”=”http://www.tech-recipes.com/”
“MenuText”=”Tech-Recipes”

Save the texst file and rename it to for example “IE_TechRx_Toolbar_Button.reg”. Then merge it into the registry by double clicking it. After a reboot, right-click on the Internet Explorer toolbar and select Customize. Find your new button under the list of available buttons and add it to your current toolbar. Click Close and you now have your new button.