ADDING COMMANDS TO RIGHT CLICK MENU

Author: saleem aslam // Category:
here is a simple way to add your frequently used commands to right click menu of drives/folders/files
For that you will need to edit the registry
1.Open regedit[Start>Run>Type "Regedit" >Press OK]
2.Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
There you will find the extensions registered with the computer
If you want to add a particular command for all types of files(*.*) the select the key *
If you want to add that command to a particular file then the select the key of extension of that file
If you want to add a command to the right click menu of a folder goto the Key called "Directory"
If you want to add a command to the right click menu of a drive goto the key called "Drive"

The rest of the procedure is same

3.Open the key called "shell"
4.Create a key(right click on the shell key select New>Key) and name it with the text that should appear on the right click menu
5.Right click on the newly created key and create another key inside it called "Command"
6.In the right pane double click on the Default and copy the location of the application or write the command there E.g
"C:\Program Files\The KMPlayer\KMP.exe" "\close"
where "\close" is the argument for application

There is another way to add commands to right click menu using an application called
File Menu tools(free)

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