Question Windows right click Menu

[vaishalimaha]

How to Add application executable file in windows right click menu?

 

[jmcilhinney]

This isn't necessarily a C# question or even a programming question. It's something that can be done manually in Windows:

How to Add Any Application Shortcut to Windows Explorer's Context Menu

With a quick registry tweak, you can add any application to any Windows Explorer context menu.

www.howtogeek.com

You can, of course, write C# code to modify the Registry or have your app's installer do it.

 

[vaishalimaha]

This isn't necessarily a C# question or even a programming question. It's something that can be done manually in Windows:

How to Add Any Application Shortcut to Windows Explorer's Context Menu

With a quick registry tweak, you can add any application to any Windows Explorer context menu.

www.howtogeek.com

You can, of course, write C# code to modify the Registry or have your app's installer do it.

wanted to run my application when user will right click any file using c#

 

[JohnH]

That's what the '*' key in Classes key is for. To work with registry in C# see here: Microsoft.Win32 Namespace (in .Net Core add the Microsoft.Win32.Registry nuget package)
Note, HKCR is a merged view of the Software\Classes key from HKCU and HKLM, for writing to registry you should probably target HKCU.

 

[vaishalimaha]

That's what the '*' key in Classes key is for. To work with registry in C# see here: Microsoft.Win32 Namespace (in .Net Core add the Microsoft.Win32.Registry nuget package)
Note, HKCR is a merged view of the Software\Classes key from HKCU and HKLM, for writing to registry you should probably target HKCU.

Thank you .I will try

 

[JohnH]

Examples adding/removing the keys and values, the text shown in context menu is "My App".

public static void AddRegistry()
{
    using (RegistryKey my_app = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"software\classes\*\shell\My App"),
                       command = my_app.CreateSubKey("command"))
    {
        my_app.SetValue("Extended", string.Empty); //only show in menu when Shift key is held
        var path = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName;
        command.SetValue(string.Empty, $"{path} \"%1\"");
    }           
}

public static void RemoveRegistry()
{           
    Registry.CurrentUser.DeleteSubKeyTree(@"software\classes\*\shell\My App", false);
}