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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How can I add an item to the 'new' context menu?
When I right click anywhere I get an option to add a new file with a specified extension. I would like to add some custom files into this menu, so I can right click and create a new PHP file for ...
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How to remove items from the right click (context) menu in Windows?
The right click (context) menu is minimal and clean on a fresh installation of Windows. Install a bunch of applications and soon the context menu is loaded with all kinds of opening options from ...
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How to remove directory context menu added by Visual Studio 2017?
I have installed Visual Studio Community 2017 RC on Windows 10.
After installing, it added a new context menu when right clicked on any directory.
I want to remove this option, but can't seem to ...
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Re-add "create new text file" to Windows 11 context menu
I have just upgraded to Windows 11 on my pc.
As a C++/cmake programmer, I constantly use the option "create new -> text file" on the context menu, but Windows 11 has removed this option.
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How to open a terminal quickly from a file explorer at a folder in Windows 7?
This can be done easily in Ubuntu, just right click and open Terminal. It is very inconvenient to open cmd.exe then cd to the folder.
So, how do I open a terminal quickly from a file explorer at a ...
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How to remove "Share with Skype" from the Windows Explorer context menu
In a recent update a new Share with Skype context menu item has appeared. How can this item be removed?
PS: There is some information here, but it's not complete: https://www.reddit.com/r/skype/...
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Change Windows 7 explorer "Edit" context menu action for jpg and other image file types
When I right click on a jpg file in Windows Explorer (Windows 7), I see that there is an "Edit" menu item. If I click this item, it opens the image in MSPaint. Blah. I have Paint.NET installed, and ...
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Burn Image context menu item missing in Windows 7
My understanding is that in Windows 7 if I right click an ISO image I should have an option Burn Image, or if I double click an ISO I should get a dialog to let me burn the image....
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What is "Ticino" in my Windows 7 Explorer context menu?
I noticed today that I have a new Explorer context menu item called "Ticino" when I right-click a file on Windows 7. What is it?
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"Create new text document" option missing from context menu
I noticed today that there is no longer a "Create new text document" option in my Windows 7 (x64 Ultimate) context menu when I right click. No idea how or when it disappeared, point is it's gone.
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Context Menu (Right Click) keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X
Is it possible to invoke a context menu using a keyboard shortcut instead of clicking the right/alt mouse button in OS X? In particular, I would like a menu-key-like feature in OS X. I am wondering ...
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Where do I right-click to get the taskbar menu when the taskbar is full?
On Window 10, I want to right-click on the taskbar to get the taskbar menu -- usually I do this by right-clicking on an empty space on the taskbar. However, where can I click when my taskbar is ...
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How to remove shell integration of Notepad++?
I want to remove Notepad++'s annoying shell integration when right-clicking a file in Windows.
How do I do that?
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How to open context menu in (MacOS) Finder with keyboard
I'm sure most of us here like doing thing as efficiently as possible and therefore we're a bunch of keyboard junkies.
With a file (or group of files) highlighted, is there a way to open the context ...
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How can I access the "Open command window here" option in Windows without holding shift?
When you hold Shift while right-clicking a folder in Windows, the context menu includes the option to Open command window here.
Is there a registry tweak, or an extension/add-on, which frees you from ...
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how to disable Play with Windows Media Player contextual menu?
in Windows (Vista), when viewing a folder, when right clicking on a item, there's the menu “Play with Windows Media Player”.
How to set it so such submenu does not show?
(not sure I want to ...
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Windows 10: PuTTY does not work correctly with the taskbar context menu?
When right clicking on the PuTTY icon in the Windows 10 taskbar, I get recent connections. Clicking on one of those just opens the PuTTY main page. Instead of connecting to that connection.
Is it me? ...
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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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Windows 10 context menus show up blank
Something weird is going on with my context menus in my Windows 10 installation. They are showing up blank.
In the first day after installing it has happened 2 or 3 times. But today, it's happening ...
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Add "Edit with Gimp" to Windows context menu [duplicate]
How can I add an "Edit with Gimp" option to the right-click context menu for image files on my Windows PC?
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What determines the icon for entries in the New context menu?
I'm not entirely sure how this works. So I can add items to the "new" context menu (that appears when right clicking or pressing the menu button) through the registry editor. For example, if ...
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How can I add a program to the context menu of all files?
Similar to the way Notepad++ adds "Edit with Notepad++" to the context menu of all files, or how most Antivirus products will add a global "Scan this file" option, I would like to add a particular ...
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"Mount" for .ISO's disappeared from context menu
I have Windows 10 and when right clicking on .ISO files there is usually "Mount" as an option.
But when I installed Nero Burning Room, "Mount" disappeared from the context menu.
How can I add it ...
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How can I create a shell context menu item that takes multiple files as arguments?
Creating a Windows Shell context menu item that takes a single file as an argument is easy. See this question for an example.
However, how do you create a context menu item that takes multiple files ...
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Unhide Windows 7 context menu extras permanently
In Windows 7, when you hold down Shift when right-clicking in Windows Explorer, extra items such as "Copy as path", "Open command window here", or more "Send to" options, are added to the context menu,...
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add a blank file to the windows 'new' context menu
Whilst i have found posts that tell me how to add a new context item for a specific file type, i seem to be unable to see a way of adding one for a blank file (a la ubuntu).
Is there a way of adding ...
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What's the meaning of "NoWorkingDirectory" string value in Windows Registry?
Empty "NoWorkingDirectory" string value is often used in Windows Registry when user-defined Right-Click menu items are created. For example to be able to open PowerShell when right-clicking on folder ...
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How do properly add "Open Cmder" Here in the windows context menu?
I installed Cmder with the chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/packages/Cmder
and I would like to have a shortcut in my context menu to open cmder in the current directory. I followed [the official ...
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Persisting right click menu highlight [duplicate]
I used to have this problem sometimes in Vista, but now I'm using Windows 7 (it was a clean install, reformatted hard drive) I'm disappointed that it's happening again.
Basically what happens is ...
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How to assign a icon for "Copy/Cut/Paste/Delete" Windows default context menu items?
Under Windows 8/8.1 x64, I would like to assign a custom icon for the default Windows context menu items such as Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete, Undo, Redo and Send To items, which by default has any icon:
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Dropbox context menu missing in OS X
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My Dropbox context menu is missing in OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8). While the Dropbox service runs normally, Finder doesn't show the icons and also doesn't give me the ability to browse files ...
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Edit right-click context menus in Windows 7 [closed]
I'm looking for a way to edit the right-click context menus in Windows 7. I would prefer to use a graphical editor, as diving into the Windows registry is rather messy, and inconvenient.
If such ...
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How can I get "Open PowerShell Here" in my context menu?
In XP I was used to having the "Open Command Window Here" option in my context menu for folders. In Vista, it's hidden by default, but I know that I can hold shift when right clicking to see that ...
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Right-click context menu in Windows Explorer is always slow/hanging
I noticed that whenever I click on any folder in Windows Explorer (and many times on files), there will be a noticeable lag. I discovered that the cause of this turned out to be Google Drive and that ...
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Disable "Print..." in Context menu of selected text in Chrome
When I select some text on page, displayed in the Chrome web-browser, and click with my right button, context menu opens. It has three options: "Copy", "Search %YOUR.SEARCH.ENGINE.NAME for '%SELECTED....
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How to add "Open with Notepad++" (Portable) to Windows Context Menu?
I think that the title says it all.
I use the portable version of Notepad++ and would like to have a menu on the Windows 10 right click context menu which allows me to edit files with it.
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Can sub-folders be created on the Explorer context "send to" menu
I have many "send to" destinations. I would like to create sub-folders in the "Send to" folder. Is this possible? When I try, it will only create a real folder in the SendTo folder.
I want selecting ...
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How to add a Windows Explorer context menu item with custom functionality?
I'd like to be able to right-click on a file in Windows Explorer, then the 7-Zip sub-menu, and then instead of something like, 'Add to archive...', I'd like, 'Add to <filename>-<today's date&...
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How to Delete The "Move to Dropbox" Entry In The Contextual Menu?
I have noticed recently that when I right click on a file/folder in Windows 7, the contextual menu brings up an entry entitled Move to Dropbox ( enabling one to send a selected file/folder to ones ...
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Where's my Open-With gVim context menu option in Windows 7?
I have gVim installed. Under Vista and XP, this offered me an addition to either the object context menu of "Edit with gVim", or an addtion to the "Open With" context menu of "gVim". This would let ...
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How can I add an icon to my custom context menu item in Windows 7?
Related: How can I add a program to the context menu of all files?
I've created my custom context menu item, and it seems to work on all file types - even through shortcut links. (Selecting my ...
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Remove "Set as desktop background" from Windows context menu [duplicate]
When I right click an image file in Windows, one of the context menu options is "Set as desktop background". I know some entries can be hidden with registry edits, so I'd like to know if it's possible ...
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Why is the 'print' option missing when right-clicking a PDF?
For some reason, the "print" option no longer appears when right clicking a PDF file on my Windows 10 desktop. Because of this, I'm forced to open and print PDFs individually rather than being able to ...
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In the Windows Registry, what is the "LegacyDisable" string value and what exactly does it do?
In the Windows registry, adding the LegacyDisable string value to a key serves the purpose of instructing Windows to disregard the key, its values and any of its subkeys and subvalues, effectively ...
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Remove quotes and auto-hyperlink when using Explorer's "Copy as path" context menu
I frequently use Shift+Right-Click and 'Copy as path' context menu.
But when pasting, it results in a quoted version of the file path e.g.
"C:\Folder\myFile.txt"
After pasting it, it is really ...
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Why Windows right-click new is so slow?
Why most Microsoft Windows systems have a slow right-click context menu new option?
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, right-click in any blank space inside a window and choose new ...
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Adding to SendTo Context Menu in Windows 10
OS: Windows 10 Tech Preview Build 10041
I am trying to add shortcuts to the SendTo context menu using the Windows 8 method. Even after adding shortcuts and restarting, the items don't appear in the ...
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cannot associate program with context menu action
I installed a program called GitKraken and it's pretty nice; But one thing it does during installation is to forcefully add a context menu item to open the current folder in it.
Unfortunately, since ...
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How to change the new format of context menu in Chrome to be like the old one?
The new Chrome version from a few days ago doesn't show all elements of the context menu at once anymore. Instead, it shows only some of them, and I have to scroll to see the others. How can I make it ...
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How to diagnose right-click menu slowness?
Is there a way to find specifically what's causing Windows 7 explorer slowness, like right-click menu delay and even opening new explorer windows/drives/folders?
Slowness when opening new explorer ...
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