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I've collected these over the years, and I keep them in My Documents so I can setup a new machine the way I like it.  I remember where I found a few, others not so much.  So, if I've not thanked you - thank you.  If you were the one that made a particular hack, let me know in comments and you'll be attributed.

Warning: Use this stuff so VERY much At Your Own Risk.  And read them in notepad before you double-click to make sure any paths are appropriate to your machine.

• Add 'Cleanup Drives' to the My Computer Right-Click Menu:
  • DriveCleanup.reg (.2 KB)
• Add 'Notepad2' to ALL Right-Click Menus [Steve Clark] (note: I renamed Notepad2 to n.exe to save all those 'otepads'):
  • notepad2_shell_integration.reg (.38 KB)
• Add 'Event Viewer' to the My Computer Right-Click Menu:
  • eventviewer.reg (.19 KB)
• Fix the Windows Search and treat all unknown extensions as text (.txt) files [Chris Sells]:
  • SearchUnknownExtensionsForXP.reg (.31 KB)
• Update/Change the CleanMgr.exe (Drive Cleanup) to include better options, and remove the unused and slow Compress Old Files [Shawn A. Van Ness] (warning: this deletes four registry keys):
  • DriveCleanup.reg (.2 KB)
• Adds System Restore, Services, LogOff, Reboot, Shutdown, Device Manager, Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs to My Computer Right-Click Menu:
  • MajorControl.reg (3.42 KB)
• Cause Cmd.exe to ALWAYS run 'vsvars32.bat' no matter what [Travis Illig]
  • vsnetcmd.reg (.14 KB)

Enjoy.

UPDATE: Sorry, my ISP was blocking .reg extensions.  They are now .txt, you'll need to SaveAs... them yourself.