Windows Right Click Menu

[Ian Uy]

Good Day Sir/Maam, I know my subject is so confusing, sorry. I'll explain a bit more clear. If you have winzip or winrar installed on your computer, there will be a menu named "Add to filename.zip" or "Add to filename.rar" when you right click a file. I want to implement this feature in my project (I am asked by my professor to create a file encrypter application). So I want to have a "Encrypt this File" menu in the "right click" menu. For starter, if I click the "Encrypt this File", I want the file path of the file to pop up on the message box of my program. How can I go about with this? Sorry if I my english is really bad. Thank you in advance.

[Abhijit Jana]

You have to work with windows registry !!!

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[Ian Uy]

Good Day Abhijit, I am aware of that fact. ;) I just read this CP article -> http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/appendmenu.asp However, there is no instruction on how to add an icon for the context menu. Do you have any idea on how to put an icon on the left of the context menu?

[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

Would Shell Extensions help you? http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/01/WindowsShell/default.aspx[^]

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[Ian Uy]

Thanks for the reply. I have been reading http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/SimpleContextMenu.asp but can't find a way to apply the command to all files (*.*), the instruction there was file type specific. In my case, I want to allow the user to right click any file type and be able to "encrypt" it. Thank you! -- modified at 2:49 Wednesday 14th November, 2007

[Bino B]

If u get an answer for this pls inform me,im also interested in this pls mail me seanarcher25@gmail.com

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[Ian Uy]

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/SimpleContextMenu.asp[^] Process Narrative for ALL FILES/FOLDERS: 1. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell] -> Create Shell Key Under \*\ 2. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\opennotepad] -> Add Context Menu @="Open with Notepad" 3. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\opennotepad\command] -> Specify Command @="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"