contextmenu - How add context menu item to Windows Explorer for folders

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In the registration editor (regedit.exe) find:

• Context menu for right click on folders in left panel of Windows Explorer or on background of a directory in right panel:

1. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackgroundshell if you are administrator
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesdirectoryBackgroundshell if you are a normal user

• Context menu for right click on folders in right panel of Windows Explorer:

1. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell if you are administrator
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesdirectoryshell if you are a normal user

• Context menu for any file:

1. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shell if you are administrator
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses*shell if you are a normal user

In all cases:

1. add a new key under shell, naming it as you want to name the context menu item
2. add a new key inside this key, named command (mandatory name)
3. edit the default property in command to myprogrampathpathpathexecutable.exe "%1" to pass the file path and name of the selected file to your custom program (for .../Directory/Background and .../directory/Background cases use %V instead of %1)

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More customization:

• Add icon: add a string value named icon for key created at step 1 with value matching an icon resource path. You can also provide an integer arguments to specify which icon to use. Example: %SystemRoot%System32shell32.dll,3
• Display only on shift-click: add an empty string value named Extended for key created at step 1
• Customize menu entry label: change the value of default value for key created at step 1
• Change menu entry location: add a string value named Position with one of: Top, Bottom