How to add cmd command execution to right click menu on Windows?

Question

I’m trying to add a menu button when I right click a file and the button will let me execute a command. To be more specific, I’m trying to right click a apk file, and the I can execute a “adb install” command of the selected file. I did some search and found out to add a menu item we need to modify the registry. But I’m not sure how to execute a command and moreover, how can I get the current selected file in right click? Any help will be much appreciated!

Answer 1

Read about Verbs and File Associations on MSDN.

If you don't need it to be the default command, adding it under SystemFileAssociations is a good idea and works on Windows XP and later.

A minimal .reg file might look like this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.apk\shell\AdbInstall]
@="ADB Install"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.apk\shell\AdbInstall\command]
@="\"C:\\path\\to\\androidsdk\\adb.exe\" install \"%1\""

%1 is replaced with the full path of the file you right-click on.