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

Here we show how StExBar can be installed to put addi¬tional functionality to Windows Explorer by adding custom commands. lnstalling 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: tooltip = open the selected file in the notepad commandline = %WINDIR%/system32/notepad.exe %sel¬paths

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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 'com¬mand' 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.