Exploring in IE Explorer Add Explorer Bar

Exploring in IE Explorer Add Explorer Bar
(Author: Green Apple Studio compiled February 08, 2001 13:28)
This article explains how to add a browser bar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you want to add menu items to Internet Explorer's Tools menu, you should first familiarize yourself with the registry and familiarize yourself with the band object. For more information about the band object, refer to the documentation for the Windows Shell API in the SDK.
The implementation discussed here is valid for Internet Explorer version 5. For information about how to implement the Explorer bar in Internet Explorer 4.0, see the documentation for the band object in the SDK.
Implementation steps
Follow these steps to add a browser bar to Internet Explorer:
By using the path and reference flags of the resources specified in the "path, resource_id" format, we can reference the icons and strings that are saved in the resource. For example, if you want to refer to the string resource 123 in Example.dll, you can use "Example.dll, 123".
Note: This article describes how to add a browser bar for all users. If you want to add a browser bar to a single user, you can replace the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the following steps with HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
1. Create a globally unique identifier (GUID).
2. The following location in the registry:
Hkey_classes_rootclsid
Creates a new key with the GUID as the key, and the result is similar to the following:
Hkey_classes_rootclsid<your guid>
<your Guid> is the legal GUID you created in the first step.
The default key value should be the name of the Explorer bar you want to set on the View menu.
3. In the following locations:
Hkey_classes_rootclsid<your guid>
Create a new key, implemented Categories. The results are similar to the following:
Hkey_classes_rootclsid<your guid>implemented Categories
4. Create a new key for the key name with the CATID of your browser bar type. CATID can be one of the following values:
CATID description