Add Device Manager To Right-Click of My Computer

For much easier access to the XP’s Device Manager, add it to the context menu of My Computer by doing the following:


Open up Notepad and copy the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]
@=”Device Manager”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command]
@=”mmc.exe %%SYSTEMDRIVE%%\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc”

Save the text file and rename it to for example XP_DeviceMgr_MyComputer_Context”.

Then merge it into the registry by double clicking it.

 

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4 Responses to “Add Device Manager To Right-Click of My Computer”

  1. November 05, 2008 at 10:36 pm, Dj Dumb Bi said:

    This code above does not work at all. Windows then says: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Ooptions control panel.

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  2. November 09, 2008 at 1:46 am, Not so said:

    This code above does not work at all.

    Reply

  3. November 09, 2008 at 1:53 am, Not so said:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [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

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  4. November 09, 2008 at 1:54 am, Not so said:

    The above code woks like a champ

    Reply

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