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More info?)
Thanks Bert,
I checked the links. Thanks. Unfortuantely, this is not what I was looking
for.
I do not want to add/change/delete any context-menu entries..
I just want to run them without having to right-click on them.
For example, I do have the Layout.dll installed. That is, I can save and
restore my desktop Icon layout by right-clicking on the My Computer icon and
choose "Restore Desktop Icon Layout". So, for this I need to use the mouse
or keyboard-shortcuts.
Well I do not want to do this. I want to perform the same action from the
commandline. Without touching the mouse.
I know I can do similar things when the funtion I want is exposed to the
shell. In that sense I could use rundll32. But that is not possible for all
context entries. Layout.dll is one of those..
Again, what I search is a way to start any contex-menu entry from the
command line or a script.
Can that be done?
Dan
"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Dan,
>
> Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows:
>
http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html
>
> Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew)
>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm
>
> Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
> objects
>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm
>
> Creating Context Menu Handlers
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int_extending/extensionhandlers/contextmenuhandlers.asp
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> http://dts-l.org/
>
>
> Dan wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I try to figure out the simplest method to start any
> > context menu (right-click menu) entry from a commandline
> > or perhaps an automation tool.
> >
> > I know I could use rundll32.exe for most of those
> > entries. I could also get myself a very complex
> > automation tool that would do anything I like on my WinXP.
> >
> > But I really only need to run some entries from the
> > context menu.
> >
> > Any pointer is very much welcome..
> >
> > Dan
>
>