"Create A Special Folder in Windows Explorer"

Create A Special Folder in Windows Explorer

Here's how to create folder in My Computer, one that
can't be deleted or renamed...

Step 1:
In the Registry Editor, navigate to
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. Create a new key with
a Globally Unique Identifier(GUID). The GUID is a 128-bit
identifier that is usually generated by Windows. This can
be a random number that is used to uniquely identify COM
objects. Create a key using this random GUID:
{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}

Step 2:
Set the value of the "(Default)" setting for this key to the name
of the folder, say "My Personal Data". Create a new sub-key
under the main key & call it "DefaultIcon". That is, create a key
called:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-
BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}\DefaultIcon.
Set the value of "(DefaultIcon)" to the filename & path of the icon
file you want to use for the folder, for example,
"C:\Topsec.ico", without the quotes.
If you don't specify a path to an icon file, Windows will use its
default folder icon instead.

Step 3:
Create another sub-key under the main key called "InprocServer32",
that is, create the key called
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-
BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}\InprocServer32.
Set the "(default)" setting here to "shell32.dll". Create another
string value called ThreadingModel & set its value to "Apartment".
There's one more: create another sub-key called
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-
BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}\Shell\Open My Folder\Command.
Set the "(Default)" value here to the command that should be
executed when the folder is clicked. In this case, it would be
"explorer /root,c:\My Personal Data".

Step 4:
There's more keys to be created:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-
BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\
{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-BFCF-ABCD1DE12345} &
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-
BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}\ShellFolder. Under this key, create
a new binary value called "Attributes" with the value
"00 00 00 00".

Step 5:
To place the folder in My Computer, add the original key to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\Namespace\
So the key value will be
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\Namespace\{FD4D F9E0-
E3DE-11CE-BFCF-ABCD1DE12345}

Now go to My Computer, & you'll see a new custom folder!!!!