Using Explorer as Shell

Imagine how simple your work would become if MS DOS prompt is incorporated

into Windows Explorer. Also, how fast and easy things would turn if Windows

Explorer is customized according to one's need. StExBar is a tool that fulfills

all the requirements by incorporating MS-DOS features into Windows Explorer.

Here we show how StExBar can be installed to put additional functionality to

Windows Explorer by adding custom commands. Installing this tool is pretty

simple: just download the 'dll' file that is approximately 157 KB from the link

provided in the specs box. It is free and hence you need not have any serial

code or license to get it working. Go to start>run and type the following

command 'regsvr32.exe c:\StExBar.dll' and click on OK



button. The 'regsvr32.exe' is a process within Windows that is used to register
the 'dll' and ActiveX control to the registry.

After the installation, open Windows Explorer, right click on the toolbar and

select 'StExBar.' This tool requires Windows XP or a higher to get work. It is

also provided with an option of adding custom commands to ease your work.

Adding custom commands



Click on 'Option' button available on the 'StExBar' bar. A Window pops up,

now click on the 'Edit Config File' button that opens up a configuration file in

notepad. If you want to add a link to notepad, simply add these lines at the end

of the configuration file:

name = Editor



tooltip = open the selected file in the notepad


commandline = %WINDIR%/system32/notepad.exe %selpaths

The lines above should be written in exactly the same manner, as this is the

required format for adding custom command to 'StExBar.' Here, the first includes

'name' that you want to be displayed on the bar, second is the 'tip', and third

is the 'command' i.e. path to your custom program, including the parameter you

want to pass. After you are done, save the configuration file, and finally click

on the 'OK' button. For testing, select any text file and click on the 'Editor'

button which we have just created on the 'StExBar' bar. The file opens up in

notepad.

With the rename option in StExBar, you can select as many no. of files and change extensions as you want in one go