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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chooty malli" data-source="post: 9060553" data-attributes="member: 273036">  Adding Applications to the Desktop Context MenuFor today’s lesson we’ll show you how to add Notepad to the menu, but  you could add any applications you want instead. The first thing you’ll  want to do is open up regedit.exe through the Start Menu search or run  box, and then browse down to the following key:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image37.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The screen should look similar to this one if you are in the right place. Next, you’ll want to create a new key underneath the shell key, the  name of which is exactly what is going to show up on the desktop menu.  Right-click on the “shell” key, and then choose New \ Key from the menu. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image38.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Give the new key the name that you want to show up on the desktop context menu. For this example we’ll be using Notepad. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image39.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Optional:  If you want to assign an “Alt” key to this menu entry for quicker  access, you can change the (Default) value on the right and put an &  character in front of the key you want to use. For instance, if you  wanted to be able to just use the N key to launch Notepad once the  desktop context menu pops up, you can do this: <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image40.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Personally I don’t find this terribly useful since you have to use  the mouse to right-click on the desktop… may as well just use the mouse  to click the item. Still, for completeness I’ve included it. Next you’ll need to create the command key that will actually hold  the command used to launch the application. Right-click on the new  Notepad key, and then choose New \ Key from the menu. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image41.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Give this key the name “command” in lowercase. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image42.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  To complete this step you’ll need the full path to the application  that you want to launch. You can use Shift + Right-Click to get the Copy  as Path menu item to find this more quickly. Note: of course, for Notepad you wouldn’t need the full path, but this is just an example. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/image25.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Now click on “command” on the left side, and then double-click on the (Default) key in the right side to edit the string value. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image44.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Paste in the full path to the executable that you got from the “Copy  as Path” step above, or you can put in the full path yourself if you’d  like. Once it’s done, it should look like this: <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image45.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> And right-clicking on the desktop will produce the new menu item… naturally, using this menu item should launch Notepad. <img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/image26.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> You can add as many applications to the desktop context menu as you’d  like, just repeat the steps again with a new menu item name.</blockquote>

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