Start Menu User Folder Buttons - Open to Users Instead of Libraries

Brink · 20 Nov 2010

That would be normal for the Start Menu if they are mapped to the CLSID #. It acts the same as %USERPROFILE%\(user folder) instead of the full path.

Bongo · 22 Dec 2010

Great Tutorial & thanks for the .reg
Jerry

Brink · 22 Dec 2010

You're most welcome Jerry. Thank you. :)

foe · 03 Jan 2011

henstew said:

Can you post the regedit(s) for the Recorded TV library to Set Start Menu User Folder Buttons to Open to Users Location? This would definitely solve a lot of problems for people wishing to add another folder link to the right side of the start menu, as well as those who don't want to use libraries.

Thanks.

I realise it might be a bit late... I ran XP for a while...

Brink said:

Hello Henstew, and welcome to Seven Forums.

The Recorded TV Library is only visible in Explorer after a user has configured a TV Tuner from within Media Center. I only have it opening to the C:\Users\Public\Libraries location by default since I do not have one.

But I did find someting...

levymetal said:

Hey guys, new here, but I've been looking for something like this ever since I got Windows 7. This is unbelievably perfect - but for some reason very hard to find!

Just wondering, how do you get those HEX values (or whatever they are) for the folder names? I actually want to redirect the buttons to different locations, for example to E:\My Documents and E:\My Documents\My Pictures etc. Do you know how I can convert those folder names to the corresponding HEX values?

Thanks in advance :)

It is probably so hard to find, because i came up with it myself!

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Okay, here are the betaversions of the Recorded TV equivalent...
Extract the registry files and click them...
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Do realize however: this will probably affect all users...

If they work well, perhaps Brink would be so kind to add it to the tut...?

Brink · 03 Jan 2011

Thank you Foe. I'll look at it more tonight when the head clears. :)

Brink · 04 Jan 2011

Thank you again FOE. The "Recorded TV" options have been added to the tutorial. :)

thee mc · 05 Jan 2011

I just created an account to say thank you. I see the practicality for some users to utilize libraries, but personally I can't stand them. Why isn't libraries optional??
C'mon Microsoft.

But, thanks to you and another registry edit I found removing libraries from Windows Explorer, I can enjoy a seemingly library-free Windows. Thanks again!

Brink · 05 Jan 2011

You're most welcome MC, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

foe · 06 Jan 2011

Brink said:

Thank you again FOE. The "Recorded TV" options have been added to the tutorial. :)

No, thank you for doing a great job on this forum. You are a big help! :)

Thanks for the quick reaction. I've been gone a while, running xp for half a year with no issue's. Must have been a personal record

. But I installed 7 to help out a friend running it. I forgot so mutch

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So I thought, lets have a look around here too.

Ill have a look into a batchfile that cuts of the 'my' in front of al the real 'folders' in a few days. It is the last thing bugging me, and I would like to automate it, rather than renaming it manually. Note: this wil not rename the path of the folder, just the way it is displayed...

Brink · 06 Jan 2011

Sounds good. You chould create a tutorial for it. :)