How to customize context menu?

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David Mayerovitch

Windows XP offers the user the ability to customize the right-click menu for
any file extension through the Folder Options / File Types dialog. Programs,
arguments and switches can be specified for any chosen action on a given
file type.

However, I have been unable to find any comparable feature in Vista. It
offers several ways to set the default action for double-clicking, but there
seems to be no way the user can customize the right-click menu with other
actions.

Does anyone know how to do this in Vista?

If it is necessary to hack the Registry, can anyone point to a useful
reference on this particular issue?

I'm not even going to ASK why Microsoft chose to hide or eliminate this very
useful feature.

Thanks.

David
 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi David,

Unfortunately, this is not possible natively as the "File Types" tab has been removed in Windows Vista. If you want to add/edit verbs or modify file type association, you may use one of these utilities.

Creative Element Power Tools:
http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/

FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Windows XP offers the user the ability to customize the right-click menu for
any file extension through the Folder Options / File Types dialog. Programs,
arguments and switches can be specified for any chosen action on a given
file type.

However, I have been unable to find any comparable feature in Vista. It
offers several ways to set the default action for double-clicking, but there
seems to be no way the user can customize the right-click menu with other
actions.

Does anyone know how to do this in Vista?

If it is necessary to hack the Registry, can anyone point to a useful
reference on this particular issue?

I'm not even going to ASK why Microsoft chose to hide or eliminate this very
useful feature.

Thanks.

David
 
D

David Mayerovitch

Thanks, Ramesh!

David


Hi David,

Unfortunately, this is not possible natively as the "File Types" tab has
been removed in Windows Vista. If you want to add/edit verbs or modify file
type association, you may use one of these utilities.

Creative Element Power Tools:
http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/

FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Windows XP offers the user the ability to customize the right-click menu for
any file extension through the Folder Options / File Types dialog. Programs,
arguments and switches can be specified for any chosen action on a given
file type.

However, I have been unable to find any comparable feature in Vista. It
offers several ways to set the default action for double-clicking, but there
seems to be no way the user can customize the right-click menu with other
actions.

Does anyone know how to do this in Vista?

If it is necessary to hack the Registry, can anyone point to a useful
reference on this particular issue?

I'm not even going to ASK why Microsoft chose to hide or eliminate this very
useful feature.

Thanks.

David
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

You're welcome David.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks, Ramesh!

David


Hi David,

Unfortunately, this is not possible natively as the "File Types" tab has
been removed in Windows Vista. If you want to add/edit verbs or modify file
type association, you may use one of these utilities.

Creative Element Power Tools:
http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/

FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Windows XP offers the user the ability to customize the right-click menu for
any file extension through the Folder Options / File Types dialog. Programs,
arguments and switches can be specified for any chosen action on a given
file type.

However, I have been unable to find any comparable feature in Vista. It
offers several ways to set the default action for double-clicking, but there
seems to be no way the user can customize the right-click menu with other
actions.

Does anyone know how to do this in Vista?

If it is necessary to hack the Registry, can anyone point to a useful
reference on this particular issue?

I'm not even going to ASK why Microsoft chose to hide or eliminate this very
useful feature.

Thanks.

David
 

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