Add an entry to windows right click popup menu

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Hi

Just want to know how i should add any entry to the popup menu which appears when we right click a directory in the windows explorer.

Is it like adding a shortcut or how i should do that ?
Please help

Thanks

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Not a good idea to try doing that in Java. Java is designed to run on other operating systems so you can't do platform specific things like that.

843807

Hi

I was thinking if i could call some rundll32.exe or some function through runtime.exec() which would add the entry in the popup menu

So that i can do that operation.

Honestly speaking no idea of those rundll32 functions also.

But why don't java gurus have some answer for this ?

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You can add functions to filestypes using the windows explorer.
Tools- folder options -file types.
Here you can add your functions. This will be added in the registry.
SO if you try it first the direct way and then look at the result in the registry you could also do it using a java programm. but this will only work in windows and adding somting in the registry it a bit tricky and dangerus.


wouter