When we installed after the PowerWord, FlashGet software, in IE (5. More than 0 version of the toolbar can find their buttons, click it to start the appropriate program, very convenient. Here we add the Foxmail program button to the IE toolbar as an example to introduce the three ways to implement the above features.
I. Registry modification method
1. Run regedit and expand the registry to Hkey_current_
User\software\microsoft\internet explorer\extensions.
2. To create a new primary key in extensions, the primary key is named "{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}", such as: {11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555},
This cannot be duplicated with other primary key names. Note: This does not include double quotes, x is any number and letter.
3. Create a string named ButtonText in the newly created primary key that is assigned the foxmail that defines the text displayed on the button.
4. Create a string named CLSID in the new primary key that is fixed to {1fba04ee-3024-11d2-8f1f-0000f87abd16} and is the class identifier for the IE toolbar.
5. Create a string named default visible in the new primary key, assign Yes, which is to determine whether a custom button is displayed on the toolbar, no to not display.
6. Create a string named exec in the new primary key, whose value is the full path of the Foxmail program, such as D:\Foxmail\foxmail.exe.
7. Create a string named Hoticon in the new primary key, whose value is the icon that appears when the mouse moves over the button, such as C:\icons\Foxmail1.ico.
8. Create a string named icon in the new primary key whose value is the icon that the button normally displays, such as C:\icons\Foxmail2.ico.
9. Create a string named MenuText in the newly created primary key, which is foxmail to define the text that the button displays on the IE Tools menu.
10. Create a string named Menustatusbar in the new primary key that is assigned a foxmail that defines the text that appears on the status bar when the mouse is moved to a button on the IE Tools menu.
The Registry-related window after Setup is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Setting up the registry
Second, the Software modification method
This software is recommended to be modified using Makobutton, and its download address is http://www.mydesktophelp.com/download/makobutton.zip.
Figure 2 Mokobutton window
Makobutton operation window as shown in Figure 2, to add a program button to the IE toolbar, we simply click the Drop-down menu in the Makobutton window and select the "Create New" command, and in "button text", enter the prompt text for the button in the " Executable or URL Click the Browse button to browse for the program that you want to add a button to, in the "icon" and "Mouse over icon" disposition to set the program button on the toolbar to display the normal icon and the mouse to move to the icon shown above, in the Status Bartext and the Tools menu text box, enter the text that appears on the status bar and the text that appears on the tool menu. After setting the above options, we can click the Save button button in the window to add it to the IE toolbar.
Iii. Windows 2000/XP Group Policy Modification method
If you are using the operating system is Windows 2000/XP, then we can use the system with the "Group Policy" feature to add the program button to the IE toolbar, the implementation method is:
1. Click the Run command on the Start menu and enter the "gpedit.msc" command in its dialog box to enter the Group Policy Action window.
2. In the "Group Policy" left Operation window, select "User Configuration →windows settings →internet Explorer maintenance → browser user interface".
3. In the Right Action window of Group Policy, double-click the Browser toolbar button and click the Add button in the pop-up window to enter the Add IE toolbar button window.
4. In the Window "toolbar title" to enter the button on the IE toolbar display text, in toolbar actions, enter the full path to the program, and in the toolbar Color icon and toolbar grayscale icons, enter the full path of the grayscale and color icon files that the button displays on the IE toolbar, and finally By default, this button should appear on the Toolbar check box is selected.
Note that after we add, remove, and modify the program button only after you restart IE browser to take effect, if the program button does not appear on the IE toolbar, you can use the "custom Toolbar" method to add it to the toolbar.