Customize the right-click menu in Windows Explorer
Windows creates by default several actions for the different file-types (JPG,TXT,HTM,etc.) that it knows. These actions are shown in the context-menu when right clicking a file (or folder), and depending of the file-type a different set of actions are available.
It is possible to add your own useful actions to the context-menu, when right clicking a file (or folder).
Customize the context menu for a file type in WinXP/2k/Me
- Open My Computer -> Tools-menu -> Folder Options…-item -> File Types-tab
- Find the wanted File Type (Ex. .DOC) and press “Advanced”, and it will show the actions currently associated with the file-type
- Press “New” to add another action to be shown when right click that file-type
Customize the context menu for a file type in Win9x/WinNT4
- Open My Computer -> View-menu -> Folder Options…-item -> File Types-tab
- Find the wanted File Type (Ex. .DOC) and press “Edit”, and it will show the actions currently associated with the file-type
- Press “New” to add another action to be shown when right click that file-type
Ideas for adding new actions
- Unzip all files inside a Folder
Add “Unzip All” to the “Folder”-filetype, which decompresses all zip-files within the folder: - Mount ISO image
Add “Mount Image” to the “ISO”-filetype, which mounts the image using Daemon Tools> C:\D-Tools\Daemon.exe -mount 0,”%1” - Open Command Prompt here
Add “Command Prompt Here” to the “Folder”-filetype:- Open Command Prompt Here (Win9x)
- Open Command Prompt Here (WinNT4/Win2k/WinXP)
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