Custom context menus?

[Noozer]

One thing that I wish Microsoft would steal from OS/2 is the context menu
style.

You right click the desktop or an icon and you get the usual menu of actions
that you can do to that item. The part I like about OS/2 is that you can
have multiple targets for a single choice.

An example...

I have Windows Media Player, Quicktime and Realplayer installed on my
computer. By default, when I double click an MP3, it opens up Media Player.
If I right click an MP3, two of the menu items I get are "Open" and "Open
With".

I have my MP3 and I want to play it in Quicktime. I have to either, go to my
start button, programs, etc and open Quicktime and THEN open the file OR
right click the MP3, choose Open With and then roam around my hard drive for
quicktime.exe.

In OS/2 the computer knows all the apps that can play an MP3. If I right
click I get "Open ..." as a choice, but no "Open With" (because it isn't
needed). If I click on the word "Open", the default player is started and my
MP3 plays. If I click on the "...", then a submenu opens up and shows me
"Media Player", "QuickTime" and "Realplayer".

Are then any programs out there that let the user create custom context
menus for different file types, open folders, and the desktop?

 

[Matt Modica]

Hello,

You can create multiple context menu entries for specific file extensions.
In Explorer, go to:

Tools > Folder Options... > File Types tab

Scroll down the to MP3 extention, select it, and click Advanced

Here you have the option to add a new program to open the MP3 file with.
Click New... and Give a name for the action (ex. Open with QuickTime). Then,
browse for the program.

When you are done, click OK, and you now have another action to perform when
you right click on any .MP3 file.

Hope this helps.
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