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
 
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
 
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
 
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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