TUTORIAL: How to enable "VIEW" Menu on Desktop !

This tutorial will help you in enabling View menu on Desktop under Windows XP:

Source: How to enable VIEW Menu on Desktop in Windows XP

1. Open %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll file in Resource Hacker.

2. Goto: Menu -> 215 -> 1033.

3. In right-side pane, replace the line saying:

Code:

POPUP "&View", 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0

to:

Code:

POPUP "&View", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0

i.e., you have to only change the ID 28674 to 0. It can also be done by deleting the text after "&View" and after compilation resource hacker will automatically add the remaining part.

4. Now click on Compile Script button and save the file.

kool man...thx

R

Thnx man....
But one prob the Views button gets deactivated after that.

Yeah!
Me too checked it.
I thought that it was due to some other hacks, I made.

Great man!

N

thanks

Excellent work this has to be admired a lot of times

Hey Vishal,
Have you drank every drop of these Shell32.dll and other
such files, that u know every nook and corner of it?

Great man, Great.

One ques. to ask you:
How many times have you replaced ur shell32.dll file till now?

lol, thnx a lot buddy for ur appreciations

As I hv already said many times, playing with resource hacker and registry are my favorite timepasses

So many times, playing with them gives such interesting results

u r gen*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/icons/icon3.gifs

Cool!!

One question: what does the no 28674 signify and how does changing it to 0 enable the view option?

thanks man.........
Great Doing!!!!!!!!!!

S

screenshots please

@blackpearl
The ID is hardcoded in the windows shell and it was programmed in such way that windows will not show "View" option on desktop, and changing it to 0 removes the restriction and windows is unable to hide this option on desktop

@shankar_ganesh
Here u go buddy:

*img168.imageshack.us/img168/8118/newpicturevn3.jpg

First Post also edited to add the screenshot...

Thanx Vishal.I haven't got words to describe your computing Knowledge.

S

@vishal:
thanx for the screenshot.
but i hv a problem: i am unable to save the file. reshack says: "cannot create file: c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll"
any solutions

shankar_ganesh said:
@vishal:
thanx for the screenshot.
but i hv a problem: i am unable to save the file. reshack says: "cannot create file: c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll"
any solutions

save the file with the same name and place it somewhere else(preferabally desktop) then replace the original one withthe saved one.

@kirtan
thnx buddy

@shankar_ganesh
Its happening bcoz of WFP service, either disable it using WFP patcher or just save the file at some other location and use Replacer to replace original file with ur hacked one

vishal i applied the vista VG on computer it work but when i restart my computer the theme is disable and 1 more thing when i open the display properties>>appearances there is no preview of theme.

S

I Think You Change View Menu for menu bar of Windows Explorer

Whatever I Change It View Menu Doesn't Work

So Change To Default value it work fine

S

I Try following changes

1)Copy

{
POPUP "&View", 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
........................................................................
.......................................................................... }
at before itself

2) Change 28674 to 0 and also changes other numbers of other lines
(range some like 3XXX {X = No.like 274})

3) This able able VIEW Menu on Desktop

But without working function

I try to able unsuccessfully
Please helpppp

^^
Buddy, u hv to only replace 28674 to 0 in "&View" line. Thats it.

Vishal, this is the best tut that I have ever tried out......thanks for all the tweaks
__________

shankar_ganesh said:
@vishal:
thanx for the screenshot.
but i hv a problem: i am unable to save the file. reshack says: "cannot create file: c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll"
any solutions

Hi Vishal
I too had this problem and I tried out Tech Geek's tip....Well to say I got an error saying some dll's could not be loaded.....(I think msgina.dll and some others including services.exe or some thing like that.)
I tried to reboot with MS XP CD. But it failed to do so and then I tried using Vista DVD which too failed.... Then the dynebolic 1.1 CD came into use for the first time ever since I got it with Digit. I had to rename the shell32's backup to shell32.dll.......
why was I unable to boot using the XP CD ( I tried every thing in BIOS including boot sequence preferences)

Cooooooooooooooooooooooool. Don't have any other word.

^^
Thnx buddy for ur kind words.

J

I dont know what happen. Its cannot save.
Massage appear:
"Cannot create file C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll"
Need help
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M

Hey,Thanks a lot.It was a great trick and I loved it and everyone will like.Once again Thanks for providing such a nice trick

^^ thnx.

@jasneh
hv u disabled WFP service? If not, then download WFP patcher from following thread and run it in Safe mode. Also make sure that a file with name "shell32_original.dll" doesnt exist in System32 folder.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30897

i don't understand

.it is already activated in my case.

Its for enabling "View" menu on Desktop in Windows XP.

W

hey vishal could u help me?i dont understand what ur tutorial says..because i dont understand "system32/shell32.dll from resource hacker foldor" somethings like that and i do not understand what tool to use...sorry if u wrote it down but if it is there could u show which tool to use?usually when i see ur guides on ur web u dont put downloads in whole tutorial...its all very confusing...

Edit :Im a noob and i finally made my decision on searching for resource hacker and found out how to do it but i tihnk my com crashed coz of this ...i have shell32_original.dll and shell32.dll and i cant delete any of these...mycomputer button crashes LOL HELP !!My problems are in another post

Nice tuts.

Thanks for the trick.

Thanks... but it seems the frequency of your tuts have lessened these days!

W

hey i need some help urgently!!!OMFG!!i found out how to do it then i...err..did it LOL then after i did everything i restarted and everything is kinda locked...folders on my desktop were missing!cant even write click on desktop to try out that view thing...cant go in my computer...it says

"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.We are sorry for the inconvenience.If you were in the middle of something,the information you were working on might be lost. Please tell Microsoft about this problem.We have created an error report you can send to help us improve WIndows Exlporer.We will treat tis report as confidential and anonymous. To see what data this error report contains, click here.

Send Error Report Don't Send"

I know its dam long LOL and err can help??i only have access to internet services and other programs like tune up utilites n those stuff which are only on the desktop LOL HELPPP ill try and see if i can get a screenshot..if that helps...PLEASE REPLY OMFG!

Nice Tutorial!
BTW Bumped thread?

S

its a good tutorial i tried dis but i cant open my shell32.dll file
so plz tell my how can i edit that.
it shows option,file open with..
so wich software i need to view that

got the View option on my desktop, but the list option is not working. any idea?

A

POPUP "&View", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0

I saw many codes like this when i open system files in resource hacker
can anyone of u plz explain what all those codes mean?
Is it any language ? or else what it is ?
I need a few tutorial on these code....