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Add the Control Panel to the Right Click Menu in Vista

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17th of March, 2009

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Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

Once you are there, you'll want to right-click on "shell" and create a new key called Control Panel.

Under that one, you'll want to right-click and create a new key called "command".

Select the "command" key on the left-hand side, and then set the (Default) value on the right-hand side to the following:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

You should immediately see the new item in your context menu, and it should be working. To remove, simply delete the Control Panel key.



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