Create registry key for context menu in System for a script

olllllliii · Post by **olllllliii** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:57 am

Hello ,

i tryed to do following. ( Use windows 7 64 Bit )
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per hand i started regedit goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell
create the new empty key with the name Scriptstart
inside this key , create a new key with the name command
an give command the value %script_dir%\scriptname.scp
if i close regedit it apears in the context menue. So that i can start
the script with

I tryed following but it didnt work.

RegistryWriteKey>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,Directory\Background\shell,Scriptstart,command
RegistryWriteKey>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,Directory\Background\shell\Scriptstart,command,%SCRIPT_DIR%\hello-world.scp

Can someone help....

Kind Regards
Oliver

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:52 am

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT requires administrator privileges for writing. So unless you are running Macro Scheduler as admin this will fail.

olllllliii · Post by **olllllliii** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:33 am

Thank you Marcus ...

sometimes the solution is so near....

Grovkillen · Post by **Grovkillen** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:16 am

I found this guide and thought I'd post it somewhere for others to read. Sorry for hijacking this thread.

Create registry key for context menu in System for a script

Create registry key for context menu in System for a script

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