Windows 10: Help Customizing This PC, Navigation Pane, and Control Panel

Good morning.

I want to customize 64-bit Windows 10 This PC, This PC right-click menu, File Explorer Navigation Pane, and Control Panel by adding custom applets/shortcuts/folders.

I modified registry files available from @Brink tutorials and uploaded as files to avoid a long post. I would like any critiques. Thank you.

Add Administrative Tools to ThisPC Right-Click Menu_x64.reg Add_Advanced_User_Accounts_to_Control_Panel_x64.reg Add_User_Folder_to_Navigation_Pane_x64.reg Add_User_Folder_to_ThisPC_x64.reg

Questions

1. For 64-bit systems, I add GUIDs to HKCR\CLSID\{GUID} and HKCR\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{GUID} keys, right?

2. Doing so automatically creates the corresponding keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\... and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ right?

3. The HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WIndows\CurrentVersion\Explorer keys are for all users and corresponding
HKCU\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ keys are just for the current user, right?

Thanks!

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show control panel and recycle bin in navigation pane


Hello Parker,

The tutorial below will help with Recycle Bin

Recycle Bin in Navigation Pane - Add or Remove in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

I haven't test this below in Windows 10 yet for the Control Panel, but it should be the same.

Control Panel - Add or Remove from Navigation Pane

 

show control panel and recycle bin in navigation pane

Thanks, brother, I can confirm both methods work.

 

add custom shortcuts to navigation pane

hello
is there a way to adding custom files shortcut (not folders shortcut) to navigation pane? for example i want to add a shourtcut from explorer.exe to my navigatin pane.i knew about adding custom folders or control panel items to navigation pane,but my question is about shortcut from a exe file.so is it possible?
thanks