This trick allows you to create an amount of custom buttons on the Internet Explorer Toolbar. You may put a shortcut to any application or website on the toolbar.
Navigate to the following key in the registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping]
Make a note of the value of NextId, then edit "NextId" and add 1 to the existing number.
Create a new REG_DWORD value named {3000AA00-00A0-0000-AA00-AA0AA0AA0A00} and set its value to the initial value of "NextId" before you added 1.
Next, migrate over to the following key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Extensions\]
Create a new key named "{3000AA00-00A0-0000-AA00-AA0AA0AA0A00}" (Must match REG_DWORD from above)
Under this newly created key enter the following REG_SZ values, a brief explanation of each is provided:
CLSID values can not be modified, this lets IE know that it is a toolbar
extention.
"Clsid"="{1FBA04EE-3024-11d2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}"
Text that will display on the button.
"ButtonText"="Outlook"
Not Important, you are not adding this to a menu option, but it is still required.
"MenuText"="Open &Outlook"
Not Important, you are not adding this to a menu option, but it is still
required.
"MenuStatusBar"="Open Outlook"
The path to the executable that you want the button to launch, this may
also be a URL, make sure to begin it with "http://"
"Exec"="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE"
Icon file that is used, either point it directly to an .ICO file or if
using an executable you need to figure out which index and append it to the end
of the path following a comma as below, normally it will be 1"
"Icon"="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE,1"
This is the icon that will show up when you mouse over the button, same
rules apply as the initial icon.
"HotIcon"="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE,1"
The above example would place an icon to Outlook XP using its default icon on the toolbar of Internet Explorer. If you need to add another Icon just follow the same directions except also increment the initial REG_DWORD value by one.
