Hi SysAdmins

CLSID stands for Windows Class Identifiers, which are  long number that represents a unique id for an application component.

CLSIDs can be used to target application component without knowing their name.

If we want to create a shortcut to a location in a computer without stating its name, we can use CLSIDs.

Lets say that you want to set the windows explorer start-up folder in windows 7 to open up My Computer.

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