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Marcelo de Aguiar
Marcelo de Aguiar

Reputation: 1442

Windows Context menu shell icon

I have created a new Windows shell context menu item using registry and keys

HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname
HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname\command

now I want to add an icon to this command. How I do that?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 3859

Answers (2)

Vincent
Vincent

Reputation: 179

Add string value HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\%YOUR-APP%\Icon = full path to your *.ico file

Upvotes: 0

Anders
Anders

Reputation: 101756

Windows 7 added support for icons (and submenus) for static (registry) verbs, add a REG_SZ value named "Icon" under HKCR\%ProgID%\shell\%verb%

On <= Vista you need a shell extension that implements IContextMenu, see this blog entry for information about which icon/bitmap formats you can use...

Upvotes: 15

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