Ralph-Lee/Win-Shell-Menu-WinShellExt

Windows Explorer Shell Extensions

Documents

• Working with Shell Extensions

• Codeproject.com - How to Write Windows Shell Extension with .NET Languages

• Codeproject.com - .NET Shell Extensions - Shell Context Menus

• Stackoverflow.com - How to add a menu item in Windows right-click menu

• 10 Best Shortcuts to Add to Your Right-Click Menu

• How to Add & Remove Entries from the Windows Right-Click Menu

Repos

• NirSoft - ShellExView - Disable/enable shell extensions that add dynamic menu items of Explorer

• NirSoft - ShellMenuView - Disable/enable static context menu items of Explorer

• NirSoft - ShellMenuNew - Disable/enable menu items in the New submenu of Explorer

• Sordum.org - SendTo Menu Editor

• Sordum.org - Easy Context Menu

• Babun - Github

• Babun - Home - A Windows shell Base on Cygwin

• ConEmu - Github

• ConEmu - Home - A Windows console emulator

• CMDer - Github

• Cmder - Gist - Context Right-Click Menu for Windows

• CMDer - Home - A Windows console emulator based on ConEmu

Right-Click menu Location of Windows Registry Table

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory] - Legacy, Auto write by [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder] - Legacy, Auto write by [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT]

Expand right-click menu on background

SET REGPATH=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\CMDShell
REG ADD "%REGPATH%" /ve /d "CMD Prompt" /f
REG ADD "%REGPATH%\command" /ve /d "cmd.exe /K CD %%1" /f

Expand right-click menu on folder

SET REGPATH=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
REG ADD "%REGPATH%\zzdos" /ve /d "CMD Prompt" /f
REG ADD "%REGPATH%\zzdos\command" /ve /d "cmd.exe /K CD %%1" /f
REM
REG ADD "%REGPATH%\zzexplorer" /ve /d "Open in new window" /f
REG ADD "%REGPATH%\zzexplorer\command" /ve /d "explorer.exe /e,/root,%%L" /f

Expand right-click menu

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd "%V""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

Previous Version

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="PowerShell -windowstyle hidden -Command \"Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList '/s,/k, pushd,%V' -Verb RunAs\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="cmd.exe -noexit -command Set-Location -literalPath '%V'"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="PowerShell -windowstyle hidden -Command \"Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList '/s,/k, pushd,%V' -Verb RunAs\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\OpenCmdHere]
@="Open CMD Here"
"Icon"="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\OpenCmdHere\command]
@="PowerShell -windowstyle hidden -Command \"Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList '/s,/k, pushd,%V' -Verb RunAs\""

1. Edit with Vim

• Mentioned GvimExt code on Github

• Adding Vim to MS-Windows File Explorer Menu

• Right click in Windows Explorer to open gvim in explorer mode

• Add Vim to the Windows Explorer context menu

2. Cygwin Bash Here

• Mintty official doc

The chere command - official tool

• Stackoverflow - Open Cygwin at a specific folder

  Open a Cygwin terminal as Administrator and type the command: chere -i -t mintty -s bash

Cygwin-Bash-Here Repo

• Cygwin-Bash-Here on Github

How does it work? It adds a simple command to HKCR\Directory\shell and HKCR\Directory\Background\shell:

C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe --dir "%V" -e /bin/env CHERE_INVOKING=1 /bin/bash --login

Open cygwin bash shell from Windows context menu using Windows Registry Table

• Mentioned doc

DIRECTORY : Add option in the context menu for a directory

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\bash]
@="Open Bash Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\bash\command]
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\mintty.exe bash --login -i -c 'cd \"`cygpath \"$*\"`\";bash' bash %L"

DRIVE : Add option in the context menu for a drive

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\bash]
@="Open Bash Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\bash\command]
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\mintty.exe bash --login -i -c 'cd \"`cygpath \"$*\"`\";bash' bash %L"

BACKGROUND : Add option in the background context menu - This works in Windows 7, but requires the chere package

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash]
@="Open Bash Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command]
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -e /bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe"

BACKGROUND : Add option in the background context menu - This works in Windows 8, but DONOT requires the chere package

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash]
@="Open Bash Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command]
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico bash -i -c 'cd \"`cygpath \"%V\"`\";bash'

BACKGROUND-OF-LIBRARY : Add option in the background context menu in the Library folders

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\bash]
@="Open Bash Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command]
@="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico bash -i -c 'cd \"`cygpath \"%V\"`\";bash'

3. Git Bash here

• Can not find "Git Bash Here" in context menu

Version 1

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_gui]
@="Git &GUI Here"
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_gui\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe\" \"--working-dir\" \"%v.\""

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_shell]
@="Git Ba&sh Here"
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_shell\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\""

Version 2

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\git_shell\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\git_gui\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe\" \"--working-dir\" \"%1\""

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\git_shell\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\git_gui\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe\" \"--working-dir\" \"%v.\""

Version 3

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\git_gui]
@="Git &GUI Here"
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\git_gui\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe\" \"--working-dir\" \"%v.\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\git_shell]
@="Git Ba&sh Here"
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\git_shell\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\""