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This section discusses the creation of shortcut (context) menus, and the implementation of shortcut menu (verb) handlers. |
Shortcut (Context) Menus and Shortcut Menu Handlers |
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This section discusses the creation of shortcut (context) menus, and the implementation of shortcut menu (verb) handlers.
This section on file types and file associations is organized as follows:
- Verbs and File Associations
- Choosing a Static or Dynamic Shortcut Menu Method
- Best Practices for Shortcut Menu Handlers and Multiple Verbs
- Creating Shortcut Menu Handlers
- Creating Static Cascading Menus
- How to Suppress and Control Verb Visibility
- How to Employ the Verb Selection Model
- How to Use Item Attributes
- How to Implement Custom Verbs for Folders through Desktop.ini
- Customizing a Shortcut Menu Using Dynamic Verbs
- How to Implement the IContextMenu Interface
- Shortcut Menu Reference
For related conceptual background, see the following topics:
- Introduction to File Associations.
- To extend the Shell with file type handlers, see Creating Shell Extension Handlers.
- To create a Shell data store, see Implementing the Basic Folder Object Interfaces.
For related reference documenation, see the following topics:
- To execute a verb on a Shell item, see the InvokeVerb method.
- To retrieve a collection of verbs that can be executed on a Shell item, see the Verbs method.
- To perform an operation on a specified file, see either the ShellExecute or ShellExecuteEx functions.