How to add a menu item to the Windows context menu

Question

I want to create a simple tool for a window to add a menu item to the context menu of a window.

For example, I open "computer", switch to C :, and right-click on an empty spot, and I will see the menu.

Here I want to add some elements, just like bookmarks for storing some places on the disk that I always visit

How to add an item ... Can you give me some tips? thanks

By the way, I use C # language for this tool

Answer 1

You need to write a shell extension for Windows Explorer. This extension will be executed in the Explorer.exe process, and it was previously not recommended to implement the extension using .NET, because only one version of the .NET runtime could be loaded into the Explorer.exe process. However, in .NET 4, you can download multiple versions of the .NET runtime within the same process, which allows you to write shell extensions using .NET. For more information, you can read the article How to Write a Windows Shell Extension with .NET Languages in a Code Project.

Answer 2

I hope to add any application to the desktop context menu in Vista

OR add any application shortcut to the context menu of Windows Explorer

will solve your problem.