Add context menu in registry

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I've seen an example at this address on how to add context menus by just dropping a key to the registry (in the example, we add one link to Notepad.exe for each file type *).

The example works fine, instantly. However, I don't understand why I can't reproduce the same with "excel.exe %1" under .xla.

Here is a screen of what I tried, initially, "shell" folder seems to be missing for each extension. Since I couldnt get any effect with "shellex", I added it... I can't see my menu :

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Please keep in mind I am a registry newbie :)

Roman Ryltsov · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 13:16:06Z

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Perhaps you are missing a level of indirection here. Normally, .xla will reference a certain file type, e.g. xlafile and the letter in turn will have shell and shellex subkeys referencing context menu handlers.

See:

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 13:16

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BuZz Over a year ago

I see what you mean but I don't find the proper path... Initially shellex was right under .xla. Does that give us any clue ?

BuZz Over a year ago

In .xla, I see "Excel.Addin" is tje value for the "default" key, then "application/vnd.ms-excel" is another value, for a second key named "Content Type". What does that tell me ?

Roman Ryltsov Over a year ago

So create HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Addin\shell\Close key and populate it. You should see the new item "Close" under .xla's context menu.

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