Add NirSoft Advanced Run to Right Click Context Menu to open file

I don't know about the rest of it but your command does not match what NirSoft states on the webpage you linked to. I think you will need to replace your

Code:

%1

entry with

Code:

/EXEFilename "%1"

There are TenForum threads about customising the context menu but you might find it easier to test out the intended code by creating a shortcut in SendTo - I think this would need to be

Code:

...../AdvancedRun.exe /EXEFilename "%1"

When you have the SendTo shortcut working you can then focus on how to get it into the context menu itself.

Denis

@Brink

1. Send-to shortcut. So drop a shortcut to Advanced Run to C:\Users\(Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo directory, correct? Do I need to add any parameters or arguments to the shortcut?

2. How about this modification to the AdvancedRun registry modification? I modified the registry file for *.exe files but could also do the same for VBS, BAT, etc. files and added AdvancedRun to the Windows directory.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\EXEFile\shell\AdvancedRun]
"MUIVERB"="Advanced Run"
"Icon"="%windir%\AdvancedRun.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\EXEFile\shell\Advanced Run\command]
@=”%windir%\\Advanced Run.exe EXEFilename %1"

1.1 You have the correct path for SendTo.

1.2 The parameters I think you need are as shown in my previous post. I have never used this particular NirSoft utility and am just working directly from the explanations given on that NirSoft page you linked to.
[just for completeness, let's assume that you have put the NirSoft utility in D:\Tools\NirSoft\AdvancedRun\].

Code:

D:\Tools\NirSoft\AdvancedRun\AdvancedRun.exe /EXEFilename "%1"

2 I do not know anything about the Registry modification you want.
- If you test it out in SendTo so you can see the NirSoft syntax works you can then search the forum tutorials for context menu. There are lots of them but I do not know which one would serve as the best example for your needs.
- I once intended to learn about changing the context menu but used SendTo to test my syntax and just carried on using it for everything. So I never learnt anything.

Denis

Para 1 - Are you saying that the SendTo shortcut does what you want it to? Without the "%1" ?

Denis

Well, SendTo automatically includes a sort of hidden %1 but not all applications respond to it in the way you'd expect. I have a mixture in my SendTo and normally have to just try it and see what happens. That's why I asked.

In the fullness of time, I intend to study AdvancedRun properly to find out how I could call up customised settings for any given application and then run it automatically without needing the AdvancedRun UI window appearing.
- The settings for one of them would not be the same as those for another so AdvancedRun's Run command & config mechanism seems to be the answer.
- It seems to me that, if successful, I could use AdvancedRun to set specific window sizes & positions for specific shortcuts [to applications] so that a particular job could be laid out well instead of having to do it manually every time. For example, when I am doing one fairly regular job I would like to use
- - one particular File explorer shortcut to open a given folder and to fill up the right-hand third of the screen
- - another particular File explorer shortcut to open another given folder and to fill up the left-hand third of the screen
- - yet another particular File explorer shortcut to open yet another given folder and to fill up the middle third of the screen

But this is not a high priority so I don't know when I'd get around to it.

Denis

bamajon1974 said:

So you want to customize the AdvancedRun cfg file to fully populate the options menu to run specific parameters, start directory, priority, windows status, compatibility, resolution, etc. on a per application basis automatically, without any entry into the window, correct?

Sort of.
- I just want to bypass the AdvancedRun window so the application just starts under its control.
- The only use I currently envisage is setting window positions & sizes.
- The AdvancedRun /Run {Config File} switch seems suitable for such a use.

Denis