context menu

How can I put the FORMAT command in the Explorer context menu. I would like to right click on CD drive listed in explorer and select FORMAT from the list that appears. Thanks for and assistance in advance. larryo

In this tutorial I will be showing how to add new file types to the 'New' submenu on the context menu. The context menu, if you're not familiar with it, is the menu that shows up when you right click on an empty area on the desktop or within the file explorer. Context Menu...

When I visited one of my friends with a Windows XP computer, he had Windows Vista games and a context menu option called Run Vista Compatible when right-clicking on an .exe-file. Where can I get that?

I wanted to add Macro-enabled workbook to the New context menu in Windows. I got the idea of creating a "NullFile" string value from this page: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xlsm\Excel.SheetMacroEnabled.12\ShellNew "NullFile"="" But it doesn't work. Nor does using a string value of...

win10 pro how do I get more chioses in my menu?? I r clic desktop select NEW the only option is folder how do I get shotcut and other options in this menu?

Especially when I right click a file. I get the rotating circle and sometimes timeout before the context menu opens. Sometimes I think there is something going on in background, but task manager doesn't show anything. Is there a utility that can showerverything running? I've been toold tm...

hi, Sorry for the confusing title. I could not make it easier to understand. Well, suppose there are two programs installed in my pc to open PDF file. (adobe and foxit) Foxit is set as default program to open pdf files. Now I want to open pdf file with adobe but I dont want to use "open with"...

What is a context menu and can I change it?

Hi, I'd to make my cmd open as an administrator by default. I know I can hit Win+X->'a', but I want to open the admin-cmd anywhere. Normally I open cmd in a folder either by: 1. Typing 'cmd' into Windows Explorer url bar [preferred method] 2. shift+right-click -> open cmd as administrator So...

Just wondering, is it possible to create a new folder from a multiple selection of files. That is, select a bunch of files and right click or something. Select Send to new folder.. I just see send to.. compressed(zipped) folder. Of course I can just create a new folder and move the selected...

Hi! I know, how to add items like "Copy to" using tweak. But I want to write a tweak, that will add an item, that will copy to particular folder I can't find how to do it. Could you please help me?

Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of the "More" submenu and integrate its options into the main context menu? I believe this style was introduced in the Anniversary Update. Does anyone know why this was done?

I right clicked on a screenshot I took. This context menu looks similar for almost any program. The most important part of this menu is the "Show how to open this file" part. I have no idea what this is, and when I click it, it brings me to this page: PNG File Extension - What is a png file...

When I right click a file, the little menu that pops up has an option that says "Scan with Antivirus Program". This option will basically open the file with my antivirus program. What I am trying to do, is to add an option in this dropdown menu that lets me open it with a specific program...

Hi guys, Yesterday I installed Windows 10 Pro and after sometime I noticed that when I right-click on the taskbar I don't have "Properties" option which normally should be. Could you please help me to sort it out. Thank you.

This tutorial will allow you to add template files of any type to the New menu when you right click on the desktop. Anything in the existing template file will automatically be in the newly created file. I'm going to add a template batch file that simply contains the batch command @echo OFF to...

Assume I installed previously some printer (drivers) for physical and PDF printers. They work. I can access the preferences of e.g. printer X by: START--->Control Panel--->Devices and Printers--->Right click on Printer X---->printing preferences from context menu But: Is there a way to...

Hello, I'm new here, I'm wondering how I can integrate software in the Windows. For example, if I want to add an item to the context menu, in the explorer window, to send a file to an OLD folder. So, after click in «Send to Old» it would create a folder «yyyy-MM-dd - Old» in the same path of...

I personally need to generate file hashes quite a bit for verifying file integrity as well as analyzing malware samples. I really wanted to have code that I had complete control over so I wrote a short powershell script and some minor registry editing to set this up. Registry Change If you...

One morning recently, I found that during the night an update had occurred and rebooted my pc without asking me for confirmation. The reboot caused it to come up in Linux, because I use the grub loader and have Linux as the default. When I rebooted into Windows, it finished the update, which...