There's a simple but pretty cool way to place your own name as windows menu. The menu will work as other common menu, you can click on it, and determine yourself what the menu will do. You can set the placement top or bottom. Plus, you may also choose your favorite icon that match the menu. That's cool isn't it? And it is not hard to create one, all you need to do is just double click and the menu will be set and ready within seconds. Don't have to be expert, anybody can do this easily. So how the menu looks like, see image below:
As you can see there is a new menu named "My Cool Name here..." Off course you are free to change that to any name you want. It could be your own name, your child, your pet, or your computer name. You may add several new menus, and set the arrangement in top or bottom. This menu is based on windows context menu, it appears anytime you right click on the desktop but off course it could also appear in explorer and other windows menu. For now, I'll give you the easy way to create windows menu with your own name at desktop context menu.
Normally you will have to edit the registry to create a new menu, but some people are unfamiliar with registry. So I have made a registry file contain the code for the menu.
Normally you will have to edit the registry to create a new menu, but some people are unfamiliar with registry. So I have made a registry file contain the code for the menu.
- Download MyCoolMenu.reg.
- Unzip or extract it to your computer.
- Now you'll see MyCoolMenu.reg file, right click on it and click Merge. When the confirmation dialog appear just click OK or Yes (twice).
- Go to desktop or press Start + D, and right click anywhere. .
- Congratulation your new menu is now appearing on the desktop
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00Rename "My Cool Name here..." with any name, words, or any letter you wish. The number 204 is representing the icon sequence of the imageress.dll. See Imageress.dll icon list and number for reference. Top, is where you want the menu to be placed. If you want to place it at bottom so replace it with "bottom". Explorer.exe is the program / app that will be executed when you click the menu. Replace this with program target you want to execute, just start it with the familiar program you've known. Lastly, if you want to add several menus, you may copy MyCoolMenu.reg, rename it as new registry file. Edit the "Me" (see code) with something new, as Me is representing the string name. So if you changed "Me" to (for example) "Me2", another string is created, then another new menu is also created.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Me]
@="My Cool Name here..."
"Icon"="imageres.dll,204"
"position"="top"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Me\command]
@="explorer.exe"