diff --git a/dlls/shell32/classes.c b/dlls/shell32/classes.c
index a7d329818a..bcb321aa7b 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/classes.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/classes.c
@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@
 
 DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(shell)
 
+#define MAX_EXTENSION_LENGTH 20
+
 BOOL HCR_MapTypeToValue ( LPCSTR szExtension, LPSTR szFileType, DWORD len)
 {	HKEY	hkey;
+	char	szTemp[MAX_EXTENSION_LENGTH + 2];
 
 	TRACE("%s %p\n",szExtension, szFileType );
 
-	if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,szExtension,0,0x02000000,&hkey))
+	strcpy(szTemp, ".");
+	strncat(szTemp, szExtension, MAX_EXTENSION_LENGTH);
+	
+	if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,szTemp,0,0x02000000,&hkey))
 	{ return FALSE;
 	}
 
@@ -92,6 +98,72 @@ BOOL HCR_GetDefaultIcon (LPCSTR szClass, LPSTR szDest, DWORD len, LPDWORD dwNr)
 	TRACE("-- %s %li\n", szDest, *dwNr );
 
 	return TRUE;
-
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************************
+*	HCR_GetClassName	[internal]
+*
+* Gets the name of a registred class
+*/
+BOOL HCR_GetClassName (REFIID riid, LPSTR szDest, DWORD len)
+{	HKEY	hkey;
+	char	xriid[50];
+
+	strcpy(xriid,"CLSID\\");
+	WINE_StringFromCLSID(riid,&xriid[strlen(xriid)]);
+
+	TRACE("%s\n",xriid );
+
+	if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,xriid,0,KEY_READ,&hkey))
+	{ return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	if (RegQueryValueExA(hkey,"",0,NULL,szDest,&len))
+	{ RegCloseKey(hkey);
+	  return FALSE;
+	}	
+
+	RegCloseKey(hkey);
+
+	TRACE("-- %s\n", szDest);
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************************
+*	HCR_GetFolderAttributes	[internal]
+*
+* gets the folder attributes of a class
+*/
+BOOL HCR_GetFolderAttributes (REFIID riid, LPDWORD szDest)
+{	HKEY	hkey;
+	char	xriid[60];
+	DWORD	attributes;
+	DWORD	len = 4;
+
+	strcpy(xriid,"CLSID\\");
+	WINE_StringFromCLSID(riid,&xriid[strlen(xriid)]);
+	TRACE("%s\n",xriid );
+
+	strcat (xriid, "\\ShellFolder");
+
+	if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,xriid,0,KEY_READ,&hkey))
+	{
+	  return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	if (RegQueryValueExA(hkey,"Attributes",0,NULL,(LPBYTE)&attributes,&len))
+	{
+	  RegCloseKey(hkey);
+	  return FALSE;
+	}	
+
+	RegCloseKey(hkey);
+
+	TRACE("-- 0x%08lx\n", attributes);
+
+	*szDest = attributes;
+
+	return TRUE;
 }