CopyPathMenu

• A Windows extension that is used to copy file(s)'s path through context menu (in Japanese).
• Environment: Windows 10 20H2 x64 Visual Studio 2019 msvc2019

Register

• Open cmd as administrator, and you may need to restart explorer.exe.

Register.bat
# or execute the following commands

regsvr32 x64\Release\CopyPathMenu.dll

• Setup registry for context menu (This process is not defined in rgs, you have to do it manually).
• Note that CLSID is set in CopyPathMenu.idl and CopyPathMenuImpl.rgs.

; Use Register.reg

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]
@="{7a73e28f-7fd5-436e-bdc0-8f25fb8ede0f}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]
@="{7a73e28f-7fd5-436e-bdc0-8f25fb8ede0f}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]
@="{7a73e28f-7fd5-436e-bdc0-8f25fb8ede0f}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]
@="{7a73e28f-7fd5-436e-bdc0-8f25fb8ede0f}"

Unregister

• Open cmd as administrator.

Unregister.bat
# or execute the following commands

regsvr32 /u x64\Release\CopyPathMenu.dll

• Remove context menu from registry.

; Use Unregister.reg

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\CopyPathMenu]

Screenshot

References

• Windows Shell编程实现右键菜单
• ショットカットメニュー ハンドラ
• クリップボード
• Working with Strings
• Windows Shell Extension doesn't give exact file paths