windows - How to Pass MULTIPLE filenames to a Context Menu Shell Command?

Question

Passing a single filename to a context menu shell command is simple:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellMyProgramCommand]
@="program.exe %1"

But if I select multiple files, program.exe is invoked for each such selected file.

What I would like to do instead is invokeprogram.exe only once, passing to it all the filenames currently selected.

How to do this?

Answer 1

You can use Send To for this. It supports multiple files.

In case this website goes offline:

Open shell:sendto with Windows + R or paste it into your explorer address bar. It should redirect you to:

C:Users<yourusername>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo

Create a shortcut to your program in this folder and you should see it in your explorer right-click menu under Send to