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mujahid ali
mujahid ali

Reputation: 39

How are options added to Windows explorer context menus using C or C++?

For instance, when I right-click in an explorer window I see a popup with the following:

Upvotes: 3

Views: 141

Answers (3)

Therealstubot
Therealstubot

Reputation: 757

The codeproject article is good. if you prefer a more solid reference, a friend of mine ( Scott Seely ) wrote a book called "Windows Shell Programming" that covers this ( in C++ ) very well. I'm not sure about posting URLs to store sites, so I'll just give the isbn for the book.

ISBN: 0130254967

Upvotes: 2

Alex K.
Alex K.

Reputation: 175956

For simple actions you can add some registry settings using the method of your choice (c# example but the method is simple and agnostic).

For more complex stuff The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions.

Upvotes: 3

Ferruccio
Ferruccio

Reputation: 100758

Look into Shell Extensions.

Upvotes: 3

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