How to add items to the Windows Explorer context menu?

[jonplumb]

Hey guys, I'm working on a program and I want to be able to right-click on a folder on my computer and have a menu in the Windows Explorer context menu related to my program. Does anyone know of a way to do this in C#?

I've tried Googling but some moron created countless sites that all point to the same site to purchase some stupid program to add items to the Windows context menu that is all that showed up for about 20 pages of Google ...

Thanks.

[mrjavoman]

you are actually looking for a modification to your windows registry,

look for tutorials on how to modify your registry so that you can add programs to your context menu, but always remember modifying your registry can be a dangerous task, the worst case scenario is you end up corrupting your whole system.

have fun.

[memeloo]

but always remember modifying your registry can be a dangerous task, the worst case scenario is you end up corrupting your whole system

it's a bit exaggerated, don't you think? you can damage you system by deleting system files as well

anyway, here's a solution Add a context menu to the Windows Explorer

[mrjavoman]

yeah a bit exaggerated, just wanted to get the point across xD
anyway that looks like a nice little program for adding stuff to the context menu, when I've done it I've always done it the manual way.

I'll also give it a download, thanks