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Command to open the "Folder and Search Options" window's second tab.
Some Background
I'm big on customizing my context menus, and I have edited the registry to include a context menu item that appears when you right click the background of a directory. The context menu is calledChange Folder and Search Options
. See this image:
What it does, is open the following window:
Here is what the entry looks like in RegEdit:
Here is code for the entry if anyone else wants to use it themselves:
QuestionCode:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Windows.folderoptions] "CommandStateSync"="" "ExplorerCommandHandler"="{83bb272f-7d5e-4b6e-9250-889893f0dac7}" "Icon"="shell32.dll,-274" "MUIVerb"="Folder Options" "Description"="@shell32.dll,-31449" "Position"="Bottom"
Hopefully you're still with me. My question is if there is any way to customize this registry entry to open theFolder and Search Options
window to the second tab (View). I want it to open, by default, this page:
Is this possible? I'm hoping someone with knowledge of Windows internals has a solution.
I'm also definitely open to solutions that use PowerShell, VBS, and/or Batch Files, because I can just call them from the registry instead of using the current registry entry.
I use this shortcut a lot to quickly switch folder views and having it open to the page I'm interested in would save time.
Any help greatly appreciated!