Clarify usage of FileExplorerContextMenus

[AliveDevil]

Please provide a sample on how we are supposed to use FileExplorerContextMenus with

• ExeServer
• SurrogateServer

Please extend which interfaces are available for consumption here.

• Is IShellExtInit supported?
• Is IContextMenu supported?
• If not, when will this functionality be available?

How are we supposed to register COM Objects consumable by Windows Explorer Shell to extend the file explorer context menu?
I tried several variants of DllMain, Main(), registering my COM objects with C++, C++/CX, C# on UWP and Packaging Project without any success.

My latest failing attempt looks like this:

<Applications>
	<Application Id="App"
		Executable="$targetnametoken$.exe"
		EntryPoint="$targetentrypoint$">
		<uap:VisualElements
			DisplayName="ShellApp.Package"
			Description="ShellApp.Package"
			BackgroundColor="transparent"
			Square150x150Logo="Images\Square150x150Logo.png"
			Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png">
			<uap:DefaultTile Wide310x150Logo="Images\Wide310x150Logo.png" />
		</uap:VisualElements>
		<Extensions>
			<desktop4:Extension Category="windows.fileExplorerContextMenus">
				<desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus>
					<desktop5:ItemType Type="*">
						<desktop5:Verb Id="ShellApp" Clsid="840C5236-4B3F-4320-8CD6-79B8CA95FCC0" />
					</desktop5:ItemType>
					<desktop5:ItemType Type="Directory">
						<desktop5:Verb Id="ShellApp" Clsid="840C5236-4B3F-4320-8CD6-79B8CA95FCC0" />
					</desktop5:ItemType>
					<desktop5:ItemType Type="Directory\Background">
						<desktop5:Verb Id="ShellApp" Clsid="840C5236-4B3F-4320-8CD6-79B8CA95FCC0" />
					</desktop5:ItemType>
				</desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus>
			</desktop4:Extension>

			<com:Extension Category="windows.comServer">
				<com:ComServer>
					<!--<com:SurrogateServer>
						<com:Class Id="840C5236-4B3F-4320-8CD6-79B8CA95FCC0" Path="ShellApp\ShellApp.exe" ThreadingModel="Neutral" />
					</com:SurrogateServer>-->
					<com:ExeServer Executable="ShellApp\ShellApp.exe">
						<com:Class Id="840C5236-4B3F-4320-8CD6-79B8CA95FCC0" />
					</com:ExeServer>
				</com:ComServer>
			</com:Extension>
		</Extensions>
	</Application>
</Applications>

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• ID: 2b210b6b-7d08-6ac7-ab8c-07920a3eee39
• Version Independent ID: 100c17d9-debc-f7c5-048f-68770b2da884
• Content: desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus - Windows UWP applications
• Content Source: winrt-related-src/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-desktop4-fileexplorercontextmenus.md
• Product: uwp
• Technology: winrt-reference
• GitHub Login: @laurenhughes
• Microsoft Alias: lahugh

[constant-arapov]

Have You found a solution ? If You've found, tell me please. I've got the same prolbem. I just want to add a reference to winodws context menu. But using similar solution as You also have no success.

[mcleanbyron]

Hello - We recently added some related packaging examples to this article that demonstrate how to use this packaging extension to register a context menu implemented via IExplorerCommand and/or IExplorerCommandState. I updated the remarks to this article to point to those examples. I hope this helps!

[AliveDevil]

Thanks for those examples. Just a quick question here: Is it possible to somehow get an example in a managed-language instead of relying on C++ (C++/CX)?

[vors]

@AliveDevil where did you find the <desktop5:ItemType Type="Directory"> documentation ? My understanding is that desktop4:ItemType is limited only to the files, not folders. But the MS documentation about desktop5:ItemType doesn't mention it. (opened #142)

[AliveDevil]

See #142 (comment).

[DineshSolanki]

Thanks for those examples. Just a quick question here: Is it possible to somehow get an example in a managed-language instead of relying on C++ (C++/CX)?

also looking for same.