59. Create Folders In My Computer

Wanting to Add A Custom Folder To My Computer(Or The Desktop) then read along.This hack will create a custom folder?like the special My Documents folder?and one that cannot be deleted or renamed!


Navigate to:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID

Create a new key with a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). The GUID is a 128-bit identifier that is usually generated by Windows. This should not be confused with UNIX's GID. This can be a random number that is used to uniquely identify COM objects when required for a Registry entry.

Examples of GUIDs are:
{25122d54-1afc-515f-9c65-8e02632f0223}
{e5892e17-80f6-4756-8f0c-5f6c5227395e}

Now you need to perform the following to achieve . before you begin let me tell you how to create a Key/Subkey/Value. Just select the folder(hive) for which you want to create a subkey and right click on it and select "NEW">>>"KEY"

• use a random GUID: {V5892e17-80f6-4756-8f0c-5f6c5227395e}.
  Hence, the key value will be
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{V5892e17-80f6-4756-8f0c-5f6c5227395e}
  Set the value of the (Default) setting for this key to the name of the folder.
• Create a new sub-key under the main key and call it ?DefaultIcon?.
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ C L S I D \ ..........395e}\DefaultIcon
  Set the value of the (Default) setting to the location of the icon file(.ico) you want to use for this folder. If you don?t specify a icon, Windows will use its default folder icon.
  
• Create another sub-key under the main key calledInProcServer32.
  HKEY_CL.................395e} \InProcServer32
  Set the (Default) setting here to shell32.dll .Create another String Value called ThreadingModel, with the value set toApartment.
  
• Create another sub-key called
  HKEY_CL.................395e}\ Shell\Open My Folder\Command
  Set the (Default) value here to the command that should be executed when the folder is clicked. In this case, it would be ?explorer /root, c:\Folder_name_you_gave?
• Create another set of sub-keys called
  HKEY_CL.................395e}\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\{V5892e17-80f6-4756-8f0c-5f6c5227395e}
  
• Then create another sub-key called
  HKEY_CL.................395e}\ShellFolder
  Under this key, create a new Binary Value called Attributeswith the value ?00 00 00 00?.

To put the folder on the Desktop, add the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{V5892e17-80f6-4756-8f0c-5f6c5227395e}

To place the folder in My Computer, add the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{V5892e17-80f6-4756-8f0c-5f6c5227395e}

This is for win xp. You need to restart the computer for the change/effect to take place.