Questions tagged [context-menu]
Context menu is a menu which is usually invisible and only appears when you click any mouse button (usually it's right mouse button), providing relevant actions to the item you clicked on.
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Is there a more direct keyboard shortcut to cascade windows?
Windows: 10
Keyboard: Windows - 104 - standard layout keyboard
When windows are displaying off-screen due to changing displays or display configurations, I have found that the best means to get them ...
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W11 context menu: moving "Create a shortcut" to primary context menu
I often need to create shortcuts, so how do I move "Create a shortcut" to the primary context menu and ideally make it show up as an icon alongside Cut, Copy, Paste etc there with Windows 11?...
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How to remove "Set Image as Desktop Background" and other annoying options from Firefox context menu?
I just want to get rid of some Firefox context menu, such as:
"set as desktop background"
"email image"
"bookmark link"
Now in Firefox, addons cannot change context menu.
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Windows Right Click Menu - Is it possible to add an empty line / space above and below Paste option?
Windows Right Click Menu - Is it possible to add an empty line / space above and below Paste option ?
For example via Registry Database
And if it is possible, this whole enhanced big area would the ...
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Registry Shell Extension - Bold MuiVERB Text Flag
Not a strictly programming question, but I've tried different approaches.
I have a context menu with the following flags:
AppliesTo = System.FileExtension:=.mp4
Icon = WMPLoc.dll,-503
MuiVERB = ...
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Unable to remove entries in Windows File Explorer's New context menu which have no Registry ShellNew keys
On Windows File Explorer, I like to keep the New right-click context menu decluttered by removing most entries except those that I specifically want.
Thus, in the Registry, I delete (replacing "...
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How To Change the action of Context Menu key in VS Code?
By default, the action of the context menu key in VS Code editor is opening the context menu. I want to change its function to run a script or execute a program for example, I tried to do that from ...
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Customization to bring back old tab context menu in Notepad++ not working?
The new context menu in Notepad++ is inconvenient because I have to go to a submenu to do actions like clone document to other view.
To fix this, I basically just followed the instructions here. ...
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"Bitlocker" has replaced "Open" at top of Context Menu
I have been looking all over the place but can't seem to get the right query wording to answer my question.
In the "Right Click Context Menu" of only "Drives" on "This PC"...
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How to wirelessly push files to Android using ADB via Windows context menu?
By using context menu in Windows I would like to wirelessly push selected file(s) to Android device using ADB.
I want to connect to the device, push selected file(s) and disconnect each time, so I ...
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Slow Context menu in windows 11
Context menu in W11 is so sluggish (specially on video files) i uninstalled everything that i suspected to be the cause and used the tool called "This Is Windows 11" to uninstall all the ...
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How to open folders from "Everything" Search in a new tab (Windows 11)
i'm basically looking for a way to open folders from 3rd party apps (or at least just from "Everything") in a new tab and not a new window
In windows 11 File explorer there's an option to ...
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Removing unwanted context menu items has backfired
I dislike many of the extra entries in the context menu.
I downloaded shexview and Easy Context Menu, tools to remove context menu items. And it was glorious. I was deleting menu items left and right,...
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How can I run terminal in directory as administrator when shift + left click?
How can I enable this feature for shell? I want to run terminal as administrator in the current directory.
I am using the shell explorer context menu.
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Right click in Windows terminal inserts clipboard contents instead of opening context menu
In my Windows 10 system, right clicking into any console window (cmd, Powershell, Ubuntu on WSL) inserts the clipboard contents instead of opening a context menu.
Is there a setting to change this?
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How to copy target of the HREF in a web page to clipboard, rather than its link
For instance, if the following line appears in a page,
<a href="http://www.notional.org" >Organisation</a>
how can one add an option to a browser context menu to capture the &...
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How to remove Paste Options from the right click (context) menu in Outlook?
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016. Windows 8.1
To remove "paste options" from right click menu in Outlook, I've already made the de-selection in the File Options Mail Editor Options ...
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How to Set Target Directory for Windows Context Menu "Copy To" and "Move To" Options
It's reasonably well understood that one can add "Copy To" and "Move To" options to the Windows File Explorer context menu by adding the following keys, respectively:
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How to add apps to the new-style right-click menu in Windows 11
How can I add apps to the new-style right-click menu in Windows 11? What is the exact registry key?
Adding keys to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xxx\shell only adds apps on the legacy right-click menu, but what I ...
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Open Missing in Right Click Menu for Large Set of HTML file in Windows Explorer
I have number of locally stored HTML files that I want to open in Google Chrome (or any default web browser). When I right click on number of HTML files, after selecting about 15 of them, the OPEN ...
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How to switch signal enhancements (on/off) from settings in Default Device in sound settings to right click context menu
The title says it all I have a headphone that sometimes requires signal enhancements to be turned on or off. would that be possible? Thanks
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PowerShell, Pass multiple files and folders to a PowerShell script via a SendTo shortcut
I would like to have a shortcut in SendTo that points to a PowerShell script such that all selected items in File Explorer are passed to the PowerShell script as arguments. This would be extremely ...
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How do I change the windows 11 right-click context menu background color?
In Windows 11, when you right click on your desktop or file explorer and hover over a menu item, the item's background changes to a slightly, almost-imperceptibly darker grey. If you go to "show ...
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How do you change the PowerShell version run from the Power User Menu? (WinX) [duplicate]
After upgrading to PowerShell 7+ the version of PowerShell that runs from the Power User Menu (Win+X) is still the 5.1 PowerShell. Is there a setting to change this to the new version?
I understand ...
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How can I know what app/software is launching a Virtual key?
My Right Click Menu (Context Menu) keeps randomly popping up in my Windows 10.
Even if I don't do anything. I have tried all possible solutions. Nothing helps.
It starts right after installing ...
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How to add a context menu in Windows 10 to run a program on a discrete gpu?
How can I edit the registry setting to add a context menu option to run exe files on a graphics processor? This option was removed in Windows 10 May 2020 Update (20H1): https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/...
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Right clicking system tray icons causes both taskbar and application menus to appear
We recently got new company laptops for remote work so that we could stop having to remote into our old workstations on site. Aside from the always on VPN software, and offline sync being configured, ...
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add to the right click context menu so right click folder can choose to run a batch file passing the path of the folder as a parameter to the program
How do you get add an item to the right click context menu, so when you right click a folder you can choose to run a batch file passing the path of the folder as a parameter to the program.
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How can I create a command on Win10 to open the "Folder and Search Options" window on the second tab?
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I'm big on customizing my context menus, and I have edited the registry to include a context menu item that appears when you right click the background of a directory. The context menu is ...
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Custom Windows right-click command doesn't execute batch file as expected
I'm trying to create a custom right-click command which will move a file to a folder. I have a batch file called C:MyMove.bat with the following code:
@echo off
cls
move %1 "C:/My folder/"
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SendTo menu is missing in Windows 10
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I'm using Windows 10.0.19041.450 x64
I have my frequently used destination shortcut files inside the SendTo folder at:
C:\Users\Administrador\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
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Is there a way to customize context menu for zip files/folders in Explorer
Is there a way to customize context menu for zip folders in Explorer in Windows 10?
To clarify: context menu within the Explorer's view of a zip folder/file. NOT for the singular .zip file.
I want to ...
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How to add custom pre-saved command line (via CMD) on the Windows context menu?
I'm calling for you because I'm a big fan of Windows tweaks, customization and tricks. Often have some ideas to customize my Windows and save time with a new workflow, BUT I'm not very good in coding, ...
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Move multiple selected files to new folder from context menu [duplicate]
I'm trying to add a SendTo option which would work the same way the "Compressed (zipped) folder" SendTo option works, but instead moves the selected files and folders to a new folder instead:...
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Windows 11 context menu: move "rename" to primary context menu
When I right-click a file in Windows 11, in order to get to the "rename" option, I need to go into the additional options. Is there a way to move "rename" to the primary context ...
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How might I go about making "Open" the default action for photos, instead of "Print" in Windows 11?
Recently I noticed that Windows 11 has "Print" as the top action in the context menu for image files, which makes no sense to me. I would like to set this back to "Open" as the top ...
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Win11: Is there any way to darken or change the color of the context menu's selected item?
See this screenshot:
I can barely see what's selected in the right-click menu. I'm on Windows 11 Pro 22H2 Build 22621.1.
Is there any way to change the highlight color?
Also, I can't stand that they ...
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How to show the underlines for "navigation key (hotkey)" in Context Menu when right click?
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For some reason, Google Chrome (or any other software in general) doesnt show the underlines for "navigation key (hotkey)" when you right click.
As the graph shows:
Right click menu -...
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How to get the command line of a Windows Explorer context menu entry?
I have tried several context menu editors, etc., among others ShellMenuView, OpenWithView, Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer and "File Menu Tools" (that's a tool's name), but can't ...
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Is there any way to edit 'refresh' entry from desktop context menu?
I have searched through all context menu entries in windows registry editor (in places like HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell) but was not able to find anything linking to the 'refresh' ...
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PowerShell Script Has Wrong Icon and Context Menu Items
I have a .ps1 script on one of my computers and it looks like this:
When I right click and bring up the context menu, it has an "edit" entry.
However, when I copy the same PowerShell script ...
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I'm trying to make a file context menu customization
I'm trying to add a context menu item for rendering .blend files.
"C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\blender.exe" -b (file path) -a works fine in the run window and command prompt, but I ...
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Is the same Windows registry shared between all user profiles?
I have two user profiles on my Windows 10 PC, a developer profile and a regular profile. In the developer profile, I ran a .reg file to add a context menu item that opens a Windows Terminal instance ...
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Remove OneDrive from the context menu
As per title, I would like to remove “Move to OneDrive” from the context menu in Windows 11. The web is full of tutorials to remove it from Windows 10, but with the updates to Windows 11 all the ...
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How to add a New file (without extension) to 'New' Context Menu in Windows? [duplicate]
I want to add New File without an extension [.] to the New context menu in Windows and have already tried the well-known method, which does not work when creating key HKCR\.:
Create Registry key HKCR\...
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How to open new context menu on Windows 11 using keyboard only
Just noticed that on Windows 11 both Menu key on the keyboard and Shift+F10 opens classic old context menu. New context menu is shown only after right clicking.
Is there any way to open new context ...
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New items are populated into `Send to` menu without obvious pattern
I found recently suddenly unexpected behavior of Send to right click context menu option.
Animation shows how in there suddenly arise items (and also disappear).
Worth noting I used RShift+F10, ...
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How to edit windows 11 context menu "Copy as path" option?
Windows 11 context menu has a default option, "Copy as path":
Windows 11 context menu image link
It is handy during programming, but "\"s are annoying during python programming. Is ...
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Get rid of automatic context menu in Edge? [duplicate]
I compulsively highlight text as I read it, and MS Edge (yes, I use Edge) pops in an annoying little context menu automatically. Is there any way to disable this?
I'm using Edge Chromium 97.0.1072.62
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Change mnemonic for "move to onedrive" in windows explorer context menu
I don't want to remove "move to onedrive", just remove the mnemonic M which trolls the mnemonic for "rename".
Other context items mnemonics can be changed by editing where the ...
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