To add a button to the Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 toolbar that
starts a
certain program--for example, ICQ (the Mirabilis program that
notifies
Internet users when selected users are online so they can
communicate in
realtime)--follow these steps:
1. Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Extensions and create a new key, such as
{E94BC608-1DBD-4C52-BCAA-4602CAD2E0F0}. However, first use the
Find
feature to make sure that this CLSID doesn't already exist in the
registry.
2. Create the following string values under the
{E94BC608-1DBD-4C52-BCAA-4602CAD2E0F0} key:
- ButtonText (string value)--The value
is the name of the program
that will start by clicking that button (e.g., ICQ).
- CLSID (string
value)--{1FBA04EE-3024-11d2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}.
- Default Visible (string
value)--Yes/No. Choose "no" and then
customize the IE toolbar, placing this button on the toolbar.
- Exec (string value)--Path to the *.exe
file that starts by
clicking a button (e.g., C:\Program Files\ICQ\Icq.exe).
- HotIcon (string value)--Path to the
icon that you want to appear
after you point to the button.
- Icon (string value)--Path to the icon
that will be on the toolbar
by default.
- MenuStatusBar (string value)--Text you
want to appear on the
status bar when you point to the name of the program on the tools
menu
(e.g., Opens the ICQ Program Window).
- MenuText (string value)--Name that
will appear in the tools menu
(e.g., ICQ--Friends Online).
This approach places the ICQ button on the IE 5.0 toolbar and
tools
menu. If the button doesn't appear, right-click Toolbar and click
Customize. Then find the ICQ button on the left panel and drag it
to the
right panel.
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