From 59ba45aee4ea28ef73a6694e8bbe3dbbb19ff8e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dulldesk <54601393+dulldesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:34:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update notes

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 title: Creating file extension associations
 date: 2020-05-17
-tags: [assoc, filetype, ftype]
+tags: [assoc, filetype, ftype, cmd]
 ---
 
 ```batch
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+---
+title: Tweaking the Windows Context Menu
+date: 2020-10-04
+tags: [explorer, regedit, registry, posh, "right click"]
+---
+
+For the Windows Explorer right click context menu.
+Use the HKCR (`HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT`) path for administrator, 
+and HKCU (`HKEY_CURRENT_USER`) for only the current user.
+
+**Background of right panel**
+```
+HKCR\Directory\Background\shell
+HKCU\Software\Classes\directory\Background\shell
+```
+**Directory icon**
+```
+HKCR\Directory\shell
+HKCU\Software\Classes\directory\shell
+```
+**File**
+```
+HKCR\*\shell
+HKCU\Software\Classes\*\shell 
+```
+
+### How to add a command (sample install script):
+
+If prompted, do not override keys unless it's for the command/knowledgable.
+```powershell
+$name = "Open with Sublime"
+$cmd = """C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\subl.exe '%1'"""
+
+reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell
+reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\$name"
+reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\$name" /d $cmd
+```
+<small>If manually adding via regedit, note that these are keys (not string values)</small>
+
+
+`%1` indicates the current file. [more args]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link _notes/assoc-filetype.md %})
+
+Other paths to try:
+```
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
+```
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+Windows 11 always expand context menu:
+`reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /f`
+(may need to restart Windows Explorer)
+
+[source](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20449316/how-add-context-menu-item-to-windows-explorer-for-folders)
+[MS-docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/context-menu)
+[another source](https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/manage-windows-context-menu/)