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How can I add a new item to right click menu for any file type and associate a action to this without using any third party tool. I hope it is possible using some registry hack..

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Paste the following into a .reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MakeSomethingUp]
@="This text will appear in the context menu"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MakeSomethingUp\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MyApp\\MyApp.exe\" \"%1\""

Import that file into the Registry.

Does that do what you need?

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  • yes.. this works great. One more thing how can I control the sequencing of this newly added item? Jun 19, 2009 at 8:39
  • I don't know if it's possible to manipulate the order of context menu items, sorry. Jun 21, 2009 at 21:10
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Try this http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/13596/how-do-i-add-an-item-to-the-right-click-menu.html

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If you want it to happen for any file type, and you're just passing the file as an arg to the program in question, you can put a shortcut to the program in your SendTo menu (at %userprofile%\SendTo). I keep Notepad and Wordpad in there all the time.

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