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02-08-2008
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| | How to customize context menu? 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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02-08-2008
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| | Re: How to customize context menu? Context Menu Options to Move or Copy Files http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,1813983,00.asp Also if you Shift+Right Click you will see more options. "David Mayerovitch" <davmay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uFO5LupaIHA.4160@xxxxxx Quote: > 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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02-09-2008
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| | Re: How to customize context menu? 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 "David Mayerovitch" <davmay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uFO5LupaIHA.4160@xxxxxx 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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02-09-2008
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| | Re: How to customize context menu? Thanks, Ramesh! David "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uFopBhuaIHA.2268@xxxxxx 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 "David Mayerovitch" <davmay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uFO5LupaIHA.4160@xxxxxx 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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02-10-2008
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| | Re: How to customize context menu? You're welcome David. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "David Mayerovitch" <davmay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u8rWB$xaIHA.748@xxxxxx Thanks, Ramesh! David "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uFopBhuaIHA.2268@xxxxxx 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 "David Mayerovitch" <davmay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uFO5LupaIHA.4160@xxxxxx 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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