CLSID Key (GUID) Shortcuts List for Windows 8

CLSID Key (GUID) Shortcuts List for Windows 8 and 8.1​

   Information

A CLSID is a globally unique identifier that identifies a COM class object. For more information about a CLSID key and the function of it's subkeys in the registry, then see CLSID Key (COM).

This is a list of GUIDs from the CLSID key in the registry that can be used to create shortcuts to open items with in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

If you know of a GUID that is not in the list, then please feel free to share and post it as a reply below.

   Note

You could use either command below to create a shortcut with the CLSID key (GUID) for what it opens. If the shortcut doesn't work with one command, then use the other one.

You would right click or press and hold on the desktop, click/tap on New and Shortcut, use a command below for the "location", then type in a name for the shortcut. If you like, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.


explorer shell:::{CLSID key number below}

OR

explorer /e,::{CLSID key number below}

NOTE: The listed items below bolded in red are new to Windows 8 from previous Windows.

Opens	CLSID key (GUID)
Action Center	{BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}
Add Features	{BE122A0E-4503-11DA-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}
Add Network Location	{D4480A50-BA28-11d1-8E75-00C04FA31A86}
Administrative Tools	{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}
Advanced User Accounts (netplwiz)	{7A9D77BD-5403-11d2-8785-2E0420524153}
Applications	{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}
AutoPlay	{9C60DE1E-E5FC-40f4-A487-460851A8D915}
Biometric Devices (Windows 8 only)	{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
BitLocker Drive Encryption	{D9EF8727-CAC2-4e60-809E-86F80A666C91}
Bluetooth Devices	{28803F59-3A75-4058-995F-4EE5503B023C}
Briefcase	{85BBD920-42AO-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Color Management	{B2C761C6-29BC-4f19-9251-E6195265BAF1}
Command Folder	{437ff9c0-a07f-4fa0-af80-84b6c6440a16}
Common Places FS Folder	{d34a6ca6-62c2-4c34-8a7c-14709c1ad938}
Computer (This PC)	{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}
Connect To	{38A98528-6CBF-4CA9-8DC0-B1E1D10F7B1B}
Control Panel	{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}
Control Panel (All Settings)	{F90C627B-7280-45DB-BC26-CCE7BDD620A4}
Control Panel (All Tasks)	{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Control Panel (Category view)	{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}
Control Panel (Icons view)	{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Credential Manager	{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Date and Time	{E2E7934B-DCE5-43C4-9576-7FE4F75E7480}
Default Programs	{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966} or {E44E5D18-0652-4508-A4E2-8A090067BCB0}
delegate folder that appears in Computer	{b155bdf8-02f0-451e-9a26-ae317cfd7779}
Desktop folder	{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}
Device Manager	{74246bfc-4c96-11d0-abef-0020af6b0b7a}
Devices and Printers	{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
Display	{C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A}
Documents folder	{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}
Downloads folder	{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
Ease of Access Center	{D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}
E-mail (default program)	{2559a1f5-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Family Safety	{96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B}
Favorites	{323CA680-C24D-4099-B94D-446DD2D7249E}
File History	{F6B6E965-E9B2-444B-9286-10C9152EDBC5}
Folder Options	{6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF}
Font Settings	{93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}
Fonts	{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948534}
Games Explorer	{ED228FDF-9EA8-4870-83b1-96b02CFE0D52}
Get Programs	{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Help and Support	{2559a1f1-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
HomeGroup	{6785BFAC-9D2D-4be5-B7E2-59937E8FB80A} or {67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57} or {B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}
Hyper-V Remote File Browsing	{0907616E-F5E6-48D8-9D61-A91C3D28106D}
Indexing Options	{87D66A43-7B11-4A28-9811-C86EE395ACF7}
Infared	{A0275511-0E86-4ECA-97C2-ECD8F1221D08}
Installed Updates	{d450a8a1-9568-45c7-9c0e-b4f9fb4537bd}
Internet Explorer (default browser)	{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
Internet Options	{A3DD4F92-658A-410F-84FD-6FBBBEF2FFFE}
Keyboard Properties	{725BE8F7-668E-4C7B-8F90-46BDB0936430}
Language Settings	{BF782CC9-5A52-4A17-806C-2A894FFEEAC5}
Libraries	{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
Location Sensors	{E9950154-C418-419e-A90A-20C5287AE24B}
Media Servers	{289AF617-1CC3-42A6-926C-E6A863F0E3BA}
Mobility Center	{5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468}
Mouse Properties	{6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}
Music folder	{1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}
Network	{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
Network and Sharing Center	8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}
Network Connections	{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} or {992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Networks Flyout (Connect To)	{38A98528-6CBF-4CA9-8DC0-B1E1D10F7B1B}
Network (WorkGroup)	{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Notification Area Icons	{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
NVIDIA Control Panel (if installed)	{0bbca823-e77d-419e-9a44-5adec2c8eeb0}
Offline Files Folder	{AFDB1F70-2A4C-11d2-9039-00C04F8EEB3E}
Pen and Touch	{F82DF8F7-8B9F-442E-A48C-818EA735FF9B}
Performance Information and Tools (WEI)	{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Personalization	{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
Phone & Modem "Location Information"	{40419485-C444-4567-851A-2DD7BFA1684D}
Pictures folder	{3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}
Portable Devices	{35786D3C-B075-49b9-88DD-029876E11C01}
Power Options	{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Previous Versions Results Folder	{f8c2ab3b-17bc-41da-9758-339d7dbf2d88}
printhood delegate folder	{ed50fc29-b964-48a9-afb3-15ebb9b97f36}
Printers	{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} or {863aa9fd-42df-457b-8e4d-0de1b8015c60}
Programs and Features	{7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}
Public Folder	{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}
Recent Places	{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99}
Recovery	{9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861}
Recycle Bin	{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Region and Language	{62d8ed13-c9d0-4ce8-a914-47dd628fb1b0}
RemoteApp and Desktop Connections	{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Removable Storage Devices	{a6482830-08eb-41e2-84c1-73920c2badb9}
Results Folder	{2965e715-eb66-4719-b53f-1672673bbefa}
Run	{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Search Apps	{2559a1f8-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Search Files	{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Search Results	{9343812e-1c37-4a49-a12e-4b2d810d956b}
Set Program Access and Defaults	{2559a1f7-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Show Desktop	{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
SkyDrive folder (Windows 8.1)	{8E74D236-7F35-4720-B138-1FED0B85EA75}
Sound	{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}
Speech Recognition	{58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}
Storage Spaces	{F942C606-0914-47AB-BE56-1321B8035096}
Switch Between Windows	{3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Sync Center	{9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}
Sync Setup Folder	{2E9E59C0-B437-4981-A647-9C34B9B90891}
System	{BB06C0E4-D293-4f75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}
System Icons	{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} \SystemIcons
Tablet PC Settings	{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}
Taskbar Properties	{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}
Text to Speech	{D17D1D6D-CC3F-4815-8FE3-607E7D5D10B3}
This PC (Computer)	{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}
Troubleshooting	{C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}
User Accounts	{60632754-c523-4b62-b45c-4172da012619}
User Folder	{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}
User Pinned	{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}
Videos folder	{A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}
Window Switcher (Flip-2D)	{3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Windows Defender	{D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A}
Windows Features	{67718415-c450-4f3c-bf8a-b487642dc39b}
Windows 7 File Recovery	{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Windows Firewall	{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Windows Mobility Center	{5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468}
Windows SideShow (Windows 8 only)	{E95A4861-D57A-4be1-AD0F-35267E261739}
Windows To Go	{8E0C279D-0BD1-43C3-9EBD-31C3DC5B8A77}
Windows Update	{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}
Work Folders (Windows 8.1)	{ECDB0924-4208-451E-8EE0-373C0956DE16}

That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• Keyboard Shortcut Keys for Windows 8 List
• List of Windows 8 and 8.1 Shell Commands
• How to Change Default Open To Target of File Explorer Pinned to Taskbar in Windows 8.1

 

[Brink]

Hello Mark,

Did you mean the network connection settings like below?

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...n-settings-shortcut-create-windows-8-1-a.html

 

[IronManMark20]

Yes! That is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks Brink!

 

[Brink]

Perfect.

 

[TheTAMAS]

Hi Shawn,

would appreciate if you can dig out a CLSID for "Advanced Security" command.

I am trying to create a context menu, right click on a file or folder so it would display the Advanced Security Settings for that file/folder

as if I am doing it a long way by

- right click on File/Folder->Properties->Security->Advanced
- or: Click on File/Folder then click Share on the menu of Windows Explorer, then click Advanced Security.
​

Hello topgundcp,

That would be a nice option to have. I'll look into it and post back if I can find an option for that.

I hope you guys know what to do next



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Windows.RibbonPermissionsDialog]
"ExplorerCommandHandler"="{E2765AC3-564C-40F9-AC12-CD393FBAAB0F}"
"CommandStateSync"=""
"Icon"="ntshrui.dll,-122"
"CommandManager"="TheTAMAS"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Windows.RibbonPermissionsDialog]
"ExplorerCommandHandler"="{E2765AC3-564C-40F9-AC12-CD393FBAAB0F}"
"CommandStateSync"=""
"Icon"="ntshrui.dll,-122"
"CommandManager"="TheTAMAS"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Windows.RibbonPermissionsDialog]
"ExplorerCommandHandler"="{E2765AC3-564C-40F9-AC12-CD393FBAAB0F}"
"CommandStateSync"=""
"Icon"="ntshrui.dll,-122"
"CommandManager"="TheTAMAS"

 

[Brink]

Thank you TheTAMAS, and welcome to Eight Forums.

I've made a tutorial for this below with a few changes for more items this can work on.

Advanced security - Add to Context Menu in Windows 8 and 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

[TheTAMAS]

Thank you TheTAMAS, and welcome to Eight Forums.

I've made a tutorial for this below with a few changes for more items this can work on.

Advanced security - Add to Context Menu in Windows 8 and 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Great.. :thumb:

It'd be nice if the user credentials of EightForums could be used seamlessly on (or between) TenForums :tip:
I don't want to undergo the signup process again..
Lol..

 

[Brink]

It would be nice, but since they are separate sites, they require separate registration.

 

[crawfish]

Has anyone else found that the following item has stopped working in Windows 8.1?

Programs Folder and Fast Items

{865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a}

I've had a shortcut to it in my Explorer Favorites since forever to give me access to All Programs, but now when I click on it, it does nothing. From the command line, I've tried the "shell:::" syntax from the first page of this thread, and it doesn't open anything. The "/e,::" syntax opens my Documents folder.

 

[crawfish]

Has anyone else found that the following item has stopped working in Windows 8.1?

Programs Folder and Fast Items

{865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a}

I've had a shortcut to it in my Explorer Favorites since forever to give me access to All Programs, but now when I click on it, it does nothing. From the command line, I've tried the "shell:::" syntax from the first page of this thread, and it doesn't open anything. The "/e,::" syntax opens my Documents folder.

Anyone? All you have to do to try it is run the following:

explorer shell:::{865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a}

I have a Windows 8.1 VM that last ran Windows Update in March 2015, and it works fine on it. So, sometime between then and now it broke on my main machine, which is up to date.

 

[Dragon Drop]

I noticed a while ago that the "Programs Folder" had been removed from Windows. It was never a real folder anyway, just an internally-generated folder-like display in File Explorer. In fact, it was actually the old-style Desktop Start Menu in a "folder" form. Its regular CLSID {7BE9D83C-A729-4D97-B5A7-1B7313C39E0A} no longer works either -- as a folder.

But those keys are still in the Registry, and so it might be possible to turn the Programs Folder on again by editing the keys. I never mess with the Registry myself unless I know exactly what to type there. It's the most dangerous thing you can do with Windows!

At any rate, the Programs Folder can still be made to appear as a cascading toolbar on the Taskbar. If you want to take the trouble (you only have to do it once) you can use the procedure I came up with some time ago to make a complete toolbar of your entire system. One of the many sub-toolbars that appear in it (the one called "Start") is the Programs Folder in toolbar form, and therefore is also the equivalent of the old Start Menu. I have that on my taskbar, and it still works.

My instructions for creating the complete-system toolbar are at

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/38649-all-menus-toolbar-add-taskbar-windows-8-a.html

 

[crawfish]

Thanks, but I don't want a toolbar. I want a folder view in Explorer. Can anyone confirm that this no longer works?

explorer shell:::{865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a}

If so, Microsoft broke it with a Windows update sometime between March and now.

 

[crawfish]

Thanks, but I don't want a toolbar. I want a folder view in Explorer. Can anyone confirm that this no longer works?

explorer shell:::{865e5e76-ad83-4dca-a109-50dc2113ce9a}

If so, Microsoft broke it with a Windows update sometime between March and now.

The following still works, but it's a flattened view of the Start Menu instead of a folder view:

Applications

{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}

Seeing as my Windows 10 in a VM is the same way, I'm guessing Microsoft broke it on purpose and decided to derp Windows 8.1 because why not?

ETA: Now this is truly hilarious. While I can create a shortcut to "Applications", I am not allowed to pin it to File Explorer Favorites as I've been doing with my "Programs Folder and Fast Items" shortcut.

 

[Dragon Drop]

Another alternative is to use the two Start Menu folders themselves.

Your user start menu folder is
C:\Users\(YourUserName)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

And the all-users start menu folder is
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Everything that was in the Programs Folder is in one of these two folders. (In fact, the Programs Folder WAS just a combination of these two.) They don't have CLSID's, but you can create shortcuts to them in the usual way, since they're REAL folders (not "generated" ones like the Programs Folder). You have to turn on the "show hidden folders" option to reach them, but as soon as you've made the shortcuts you can turn it off again.

 

[crawfish]

Good idea. I created a library so I can view both at the same time. Wow, after 7 years, I finally found a use for libraries.

Aside: I've also been creating an AppData shortcut under File Explorer Favorites since Windows 7, as there are occasions when I need to deal with data hidden within. This is very easy in Windows 7 and 8.1; I type the location of the folder into the address bar, Windows displays its contents even though it's hidden, and I drag the folder icon from the address bar to the Favorites list to create the shortcut. It works the same in my Windows 10 VM, except the drag and drop appears to have no effect. Actually, it does create the shortcut, but Windows 10 transfers the hidden state of the folder to the shortcut and doesn't show the shortcut, which is less than helpful. You might expect toggling the display of hidden files and folders would immediately update the Favorites (Quick Access in W10) list, but you'd be wrong. You have to open a new Explorer window for it to appear in the list. You might also think you could remove the Hidden flag from the shortcut properties, but you'd have to find the shortcut file first, because invoking Properties on the item in the list resolves to the AppData folder. It's amazing how many things can go newly wrong with something so simple that always worked before.