Explorer Options Readme
This zip file contains vbs scripts and batch files that add or remove the cascading start menus, and add and remove the extra explorer options.
Cascading Menus
Cascading menus are menus on the Start Menu that duplicate certain folders. They respond to right clicks. For example right clicking the Recycle Bin has the option of Empty Recycle Bin while right clicking an item in the Recycle Bin has the option of Restore.
- Recycle Bin
- Scheduled Tasks
- Printers
- Control Panel
- 5 different Internet menus (history, temporary internet files, web folders, internet, downloaded programs)
- Visual C 6.0 component menu
Explorer Options
This registry file adds the extra options to the Folder Options - View - Advanced Settings (from either Start - Settings or Explorers View menu).
This is what it does
- Sets Autoplay on or off for individual drive types (new)
- Sets X-Mouse on/off (new)
- Sets X-Mouse time delay (new)
- Sets X-Mouse behaviour (new)
- Combobox animation (new)
- Listbox animation (new)
- Cascade Start Menu like Win95 (new)
- Extra popup tips on/off (new)
- Prevents new shotcuts being prefixed with Shortcut to. (new)
- Controling the middle mouse wheel (new)
- Display Windows version on desktop
- Hide everthing on desktop
- Prevent shell toolbars from being closed
- Prevent shell toolbars from being moved
- No adding components to Active Desktop
- No deleting components from Active Desktop
- No editing components on Active Desktop
- No closing components on Active Desktop
- No HTML wallpaper
- No changing wallpaper
- No Internet icon on desktop
- Disable start in My Documents (most programs ignore this)
- Explorer Options
- Disable link file tracking (ignore UNC)
- Run only certain shell extensions
- Don't Save Explorers Settings
- Make Explorer less likely to crash the Start Menu
- Make IE less likely to crash explorer or the Start Menu
- Unload unused shell extensions immediently
- Detect accidental double clicks
- Use inline AutoComplete in integrated shell
- Updates file lists more quickly
- Wraps the text under icons
- Beep on errors
- Menu animation
- Menu underline
- Prevent Start Menu - Programs from being changed
- Disable Start Banner (Win 95)
- Menus drop to the right
- Menu Speed
- Hide Favourite Menu
- Hide Documents Menu
- Don't Add to Documents Menu
- Clear Documents Menu on Exit
- Hide Find Menu
- Hide the Run Menu Item
- Hide the Logoff Menu Item
- Remove Control Panel and Printers
- Remove Taskbar and Start Menu
- Remove Folder Options
- Remove Active Desktop
- Remove Windows Update
- Remove Windows Update from Device Manager (new)
- Small Icons
- Smooth Scrolling
- Animate windows opening and closing
- Show window contents while dragging
- Smooth edges of screen fonts
- Hide icons when desktop is viewed as Web page