At 02:41 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote: >--- Nils Jeppe wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Dave wrote: >> > If I understand what you mean, then I don't think it's possible. However, >> > if >> you >> > can find either: >> > a) the appropriate registry key to modify > <snip> >> the way to do this is via >> \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers, but I >> admit happily to being clueless about the windows registry :D > >So it can be done using shell extensions. These require a bit of COM >programming, producing a .dll that needs to be registered. > >There are a number of issues: >1. This will only work on shell v4.71 and later apparently - but I don't know >how that ties into versions of Windows.
I believe this correlates to IE rather than Windows. If I remember correctly, IE v4 or greater is necessary. We already make assumptions in some places that at least IE v5 is installed so I don't think adding more code with a similar assumption is a problem. >My MS compiler is a little stale (~v4), so: >2. Are necessary COM headers/templates are available for gcc? I remember talk of this ages ago but I don't remember details. Should be possible for C code. You'd have to google for more info. ;-) >3. And whether gcc would produce a compatible binary? As long as they are "C" callable. It's probably also preferable to use the -mno-cygwin switch in this case as well. >Finally, >4. Is the extra context menu item worth the effort? Ah, now that's the *real* question! ;-) It would be "cool" and "useful" but I expect there isn't an objective way to measure whether it is worth the effort. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/