Level Extreme platform
Subscription
Corporate profile
Products & Services
Support
Legal
Français
Editing a context menu
Message
From
07/02/1999 10:05:44
 
General information
Forum:
Windows
Category:
Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00184724
Message ID:
00184846
Views:
23
>>When you right click on the Start button there is a little menu that appears. Sometimes when you install software there is new entry in that menu, how can we add or delete some of those entries.
>
>From windows help. :-)
>
>"To add a program to the Start or Programs menu
>
>1 Click the Start button, and then point to Settings.
>
>2 Click Taskbar, and then click the Start Menu Programs tab.
>3 Click Add, and then click Browse.
>4 Locate the program you want to add, and then double-click it.
>5 Click Next, and then double-click the menu on which you want the program to appear.
>6 Type the name that you want to see on the menu, and then click Finish.
> If Windows prompts you to choose an icon, click one, and then click Finish.
>
>Tip
>
>You can also add a program to the top of the Start menu by dragging the program's icon onto the Start button."

I think he's looking to add items to context menus for a file type, which is done through View/Folder Options/File Types in Explorer, or programmatically via the registry by creating registry entries for the file extension under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for the file extension (it's a whole lot easier to do with the dialog in Windows Explorer.)
EMail: EdR@edrauh.com
"See, the sun is going down..."
"No, the horizon is moving up!"
- Firesign Theater


NT and Win2K FAQ .. cWashington WSH/ADSI/WMI site
MS WSH site ........... WSH FAQ Site
Wrox Press .............. Win32 Scripting Journal
eSolutions Services, LLC

The Surgeon General has determined that prolonged exposure to the Windows Script Host may be addictive to laboratory mice and codemonkeys
Previous
Next
Reply
Map
View

Click here to load this message in the networking platform