Windows Explorer right-click drag and drop: New option

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In Windows explorer, if you right click drag and drop a file from one
location to another, you get (as a default) 4 options: Copy Here, Move
Here, Create Shortcut Here and Cancel.

If I want to add an option to that list, how would I do that? When I
copy files from my local drive to my MP3 player, sometimes they get
copied incorrectly (my fault for buying a cheap MP3 player). I would
like to add a XCopy function (called from a batch file). Any ideas as
to how I can do this? I know how to add to the Send To menu, but this
is different.

Any and all thoughts are welcome.
 
Only option is to write a program that implements drag-and-drop handler. See:

Creating Context Menu Handlers:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ing/extensionhandlers/contextmenuhandlers.asp

Creating Drag-and-Drop Handlers
When a user right-clicks a Shell object to drag an object, a context menu is displayed when the user attempts to drop the object. The following illustration shows a typical drag-and-drop context menu.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


In Windows explorer, if you right click drag and drop a file from one
location to another, you get (as a default) 4 options: Copy Here, Move
Here, Create Shortcut Here and Cancel.

If I want to add an option to that list, how would I do that? When I
copy files from my local drive to my MP3 player, sometimes they get
copied incorrectly (my fault for buying a cheap MP3 player). I would
like to add a XCopy function (called from a batch file). Any ideas as
to how I can do this? I know how to add to the Send To menu, but this
is different.

Any and all thoughts are welcome.
 
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