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More info?)
Thanks, Byte.
Looking into it, and trying to figure out how to make it work. Extending the
-default context menu- (copy/paste,etc) is proving to be quite a challenge,
for an intermediate user. How I am going to add an item to look up an IP
(selected string in any document) to a whois search-engine (in the basic
format of http://www.whois.sc/ +selected string) is still non too clear.
Basically you could imagine the same feature to look up a selected string on
google or microsofts own search engine... Maybe even a fold out menu
presenting different places to submit the query to... That'd be pretty cool,
wouldn't it?
How about floating it as a suggestion to Longhorn developers?
Basically it boils down to a blanket option - by way of a context menu
whenever a string might otherwise be copied - to search for/submit a string
in a format specified by the user to an online search engine/database. Not
only to query for websites (like in google or msn search), but also to obtain
direct information on the selected string. (Imagine a dictionary, a movie
database, a news site but also the whois search option.)
"Byte" wrote:
> Right Click Context Menus - Deleting entries
>
> Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows
>
http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html
>
> ContextEdit lets you control which items appear on your context menu
> (right-click) in Windows Explorer.
>
> Add, Modify, Disable, Delete Context Menu Listings (Line 23)
>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Manual info:
>
> Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
>
> You can also go to a specific File extension (example:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew) and right click on the ShellNew key and
> select Delete, if the item shows up in the New context menu.
>
> Expand the above branch and look through the sub-keys. Locate the one that
> corresponds to the entry you wish to remove and right click that sub-key and
> select Edit.
>
> You may wish to right click the desired sub-key and select Export. This will
> create a REG file that you can double click to re-import the information, if
> you find out you deleted the wrong one, or want it back.
>
>
> --
> Some days you're the windshield,
> some days you're the bug.
>
>
> "rzr" wrote:
>
> > To submit a selected string (IP) directly to a whois engine from any text,
> > I've been trying to find a way to add an option to the Default
> > "cut/copy/delte/paste" context menu.
> > I would want to launch a URL / submit an IP in a format similar to:
> >
http://www.whois.sc/(selected string).
> >
> > Does anyone know how to make it happen or where to ask?
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