About the Right-click Context Menu

[plonkeroo]

I find the right-click context menu totally indispensable, I make a lot of use of Send to, Move to, Copy to, Open with, Edit with, and so on, using HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in RegEdit. I have come across the four compliant keys (Root Star, Applications, Directories, and Folders) but there are a couple of things I find confusing and I'm wondering if anyone can elucidate on the functions of each of these four keys?
In particular, what's the difference between 'Directories' and 'Folders'? In Computerspeak a folder and a directory are meant to be the same thing aren't they??

[Valmont]

MS Windows have folders. Old dos has directories.
Some goes to a lot of operating systems.

Here is a quick start:
Go to "Start->Run..". Type "cmd" then press "enter".
What you see is a directorie.

Now double click on "My Computer". Then double click on your c-drive. What you see are folders.

[plonkeroo]

Originally posted by Valmont Go to "Start->Run..". Type "cmd" then press "enter". What you see is a directorie

When I try that I just get an error message saying "cmd" cannot be found?! What goes?

[Valmont]

Then try "command". I don't know your windows version .