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Create non-english windows explorer right-click menu

How to Add Any Application Shortcut to Windows Explorer’s Context Menu

InstallShield can create registry during installation but I can't create non-english registry successfully.

tested .reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\作業用]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\作業用\command]
@="C:\My Menu\Menu.exe "%1""

1st line command can create
2nd line command can't create


Isn't anyway to create a non-english shortcut e.g. .reg or programming?

Solution

  • Use a chosen term with latin letters for the command and specify the text to display to the user as the default value of that key:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\yourword]
@="作業用"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\yourword\command]
@="\"C:\\My Menu\\Menu.exe\" \"%1\""

    Be sure to save the *.reg file with Encoding "Unicode with BOM".

    Also remember to escape the values in double quotes: \ must be written as \\. Double quotes " must be written as \".

    Also: If there are spaces within the path of your executable, you need to enclose the path in double quotes (escaped with \)