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Hi Johnny, 

Any idea why these files show a size of 0KB ?

Nothing is ever recommended that involves mucking about in the Registry.

Yet every bit of software one installs does involve mucking with the registry.

Always have image backups and/or restore points prior to installing anything, up to and including MS updates.

I have seen bad installs coming from the likes of Adobe, Autodesk just to name a few resulting in corrupted systems. End user fault, possibly, then again maybe not. Oh my favorite, Symantec, it used to crawl into the deepest, darkest corners of the OS. No idea if that has changed today, won't go near it since retired  :-)

Cheers!

Nothing is ever recommended that involves mucking about in the Registry.

Cheers,
Drew![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/6fa721b0-3cbf-43cf-bc57-bf3c465e0e5b?platform=QnA

Hello Vienna,

I had originally got the registry file from Winaero about 4yrs back. It was called "Add Settings to the Context Menu" Had to edit it as some items are not displayed in Settings today, such as Cortana. You could start there, it also included another reg file to remove.

Thanks a lot, will try my luck

I am going to check out this article from TenForums, it is more recent. Add Settings to Context Menu in Windows 10 | Tutorials (tenforums.com)

Regards,

Edit: This worked better than original had (cleaner appearance), removal reg worked as well. Had to delete the "Mixed Reality category" as that does not exist in Settings anymore. Easy to figure out.

As in "each to their own" or "Personalization" or "Customise".  I 'm sure we all know configuring & usage is subjective & in Windows there are usually/often a few ways to accomplish the same thing.

Heck, I have no tiles & really don't even > Strat for much of anything, hardly ever... doesn't make it right or wrong.  But someone can have an idea someone didn't know & that they might like.

Exactly Drew! There is no right way, only what works for yourself. That's what makes windows great.

I did like your concept of Settings on taskbar, tried it for awhile, kept finding myself still using Start. Hard to break old habits one gets stuck in  :-)

The example I showed for Settings is in couple vm's, preferred it over pinning to taskbar for ease and opening to page desired, but then again, will I use this on my main desktop, not likely. This is where your suggestion makes much more sense (safer) which I did try on main.

Not a fan of the new Windows Tools popup window (work in progress), find that too cluttered and disorganized compared to the old menu. For myself, find it more of a frustration to find the tool I require with these old eyes. Will end up going to "\ProgramData\Start Menu\" and restore menu items for the administrative tools I tend to use.

Great it works out for you; not here, too Menu driven. Don't like the aspect of opening a window to search for a tool in all that clutter.

Regards,