Doctor Trout Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Hey guysI was wondering, does anyone know of a way to add the "open with..." option to folder context menus? Thanks a lot in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viscon Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 here:REGEDIT4[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With]@="{09799AFB-AD67-11d1-ABCD-00C04FC30936}"copy/paste and save as .regthen import to registry.no restart needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Trout Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Fantastic - I'd nearly given up on finding a way to do this. Cheers a lot mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 you can also, hold left shift then right click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 the left shift trick is a very old one... one that I've forgotten about.You can actually use that on any file! for example, you can open a *.sys file using notepad for config.sys or an *.sif file for txtsetup.sif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 you can also, hold left shift then right click I thought left shift was for the runas context menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) I thought left shift was for the runas context menu?I think I applied the registry tweak that places Open With... on all file types and Run As on all links and .exe's so I couldn't try this. However, I believe for links, .exe, .com files... it does the Rus As... and for file types such as .bmp, .jpg, it does Open With...Can't confirm though. Edited August 31, 2006 by spacesurfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 The Left Shift trick I use often. To make good use of it to hide least used context menu entries, look at the example reg file.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Bulk Rename Here]"extended"=""As you can see, it is one of those programs that want to be shown in your context menu all the time, so rather then remove the entry, I add the "Extended" value which causes the entry to hide in the context menu unless I have the Left Shift key pressed while right clicking the target which then does shows the entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 (edited) That's awesome, MHz. This works for any command you specify.Here's a quick way to compress and expand your files using expand and makecab commands (using the Left Shift key to show them):[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Expand]@="Expand""extended"=""[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Expand\command]@="expand -r \"%1\" %cd%"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Makecab]@="Makecab""extended"=""[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Makecab\command]@="makecab \"%1\"" Edited September 6, 2006 by spacesurfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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