Add Program to Right-Click Menu

By | 2008-12-14

When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application in the context menu, the same as using Open With.

  • Open Regedit by clicking the Start menu and selecting Run. Then type regedit in the box and click OK.
  • Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
  • Add a new Key to the “Shell” Key and name it “newprogmekey”.
  • Give it a default value that will appear when you right click a folder, i.e “newprogmekey” (use an “&” without the quotes, in front of any character and it will allow you to use the keyboard)
  • Click on the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\newprogmekey
  • Add a New Key named Command
  • Set the (Default) value of the application you want to run
Author: dwirch

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