Integrate portable "MediaInfo Lite" in Win 10 context menu

Hi forum

Is there a way to add "MediaInfo Lite" portable version to right click (for media files only, like photos, videos and audios)?
The portable version folder contains two files: "MediaInfo.exe" and "MediaInfo.dll"

I had a try with "regsvr32" command but it just add the "MediaInfo" text in right click only for photos, and it does not work when I select it!

I can add "Notepad++" portable version to right click for all texts and (almost) all kind of files with a registry hack that is provided by "NP++" author...

dalchina said:

Why not simply install it?

I know there is an installer version too, I don't want to install it. I use portable version on more than one PC, I just need simple media information and I use "Lite" version that has no extra options and tabs and menus and is very lite and fast.

K-Lite codec pack has a lite version of "MediaInfo" too, but you have to install full K-Lite codec pack to use "MediaInfo Lite" on your PC!

After apply "regsvr32" command I don't know how to remove that right click menu entry! That's useless, when I select "MediaInfo" from right click nothing happens! (It appears just for photos)... I think I ruined my registry...

dalchina said:

Thank you for your reply.

Exactly - if you delve into your registry without due backups, you put yourself at risk.

There are 3rd party utilities to make adding things to the context menu much safer- and reversible- but - oh dear- you have to install them. So that's no use either. Sorry!

atinfo said:

What portable pack of MediaInfoLite do you have?

Post and show info.

Edwin said:

What portable pack of MediaInfoLite do you have?

Post and show info.

I have "MediaInfo Lite" version 19.09, it is a folder contains "MediaInfo.exe" and "MediaInfo.dll".

I just applied "regsvr32 drive:\folder path\file path\mediainfo.dll" command in "Windows Run" and ...

I can use that without installing installer version by drag and drop media files onto "MediaInfo.exe" and it provides simple media information in one tab only (which I need), SS below:

atinfo said:

I have "MediaInfo Lite" version 19.09, it is a folder contains "MediaInfo.exe" and "MediaInfo.dll".

Where'd you get that?

Edwin said:

Where'd you get that?

You can download it from:
"https://www.videohelp.com/software/MediaInfo" --> MediaInfo (installer version, there is no portable version of it there, you have to somehow extract those files!)

About one month ago I had a request at "forum.videohelp.com" that how can I use lite version as a portable, and they said (I think one of them was the MediaInfo's author as I remember), I can use these two files as a portable (it works only if you drag media onto "MediaInfo.exe" file window).

Another way that you can get these two files is after installing K-Lite codec pack you can copy those two files (from K-Lite installation directory) to a specific folder and use it as a portable on any PC (you have to choose "Install MediaInfo Lite" option when K-Lite installer wizard options appear).

atinfo said:

You can download it from:
"https://www.videohelp.com/software/MediaInfo" --> MediaInfo (installer version, there is no portable version of it there, you have to somehow extract those files!)

About one month ago I had a request at "forum.videohelp.com" that how can I use lite version as a portable, and they said (I think one of them was the MediaInfo's author as I remember), I can use these two files as a portable (it works only if you drag media onto "MediaInfo.exe" file window).

Another way that you can get these two files is after installing K-Lite codec pack you can copy those two files (from K-Lite installation directory) to a specific folder and use it as a portable on any PC (you have to choose "Install MediaInfo Lite" option when K-Lite installer wizard options appear).

Okay, that makes sense.
So, ultimately, you can't have an Explorer right click context menu entry when you jump from one machine to another; that's a given.

Do you have right click entries on your base machine? I do...