c++ - How to show Windows Explorer context (right click) menu?

Question

I want to show the Windows Explorer context menu.

I don't want to add my application to it, I just want to display it inside my application.

A good example of the implementation that I need is Total Commander.

If you press and hold right mouse button, TC will show the context menu, which is exactly the same as in Windows explorer.

I'm using C++/Qt, but language is not important here.

Answer 1

I found several samples that may help you. You're not likely to be able to do this with Qt alone, since the shell context menu is highly OS-specific; probably some Win32 calls will be needed also.

• Use Shell ContextMenu in your applications
• Explorer Shell Context Menu

A Raymond Chen blog series "How to host an IContextMenu"

And some non-C++ samples also:

• C# File Browser
• Shell context menu sample in C#

And related SO questions:

• How to access Windows shell context menu items?
• How to obtain full shell context menu of right-click a folder background