Windows shell add item to context menu when click on blank part of folder

Question

Sorry if this has been asked before, I've been looking around and it's hard to find what I want.

I know how to add a context menu item to a folder like so:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\console2]
@="Open Console2 Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\console2\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Console\\console.exe -d \"\"%1\"\""

but, that only works for right clicking on a folder. I want it so that you can be inside the folder, and click a blank part of that folder and get the context menu item as well. I also tried HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell as well, but it does the same.

Solution 1

I figured out the answer. The folder is actually Directory\Background, you have to add the empty string value of NoWorkingDirectory into it, and the %1 in the command becomes a %V

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\console2]
@="Open Console2 Here"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\console2\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Console\\console.exe -d \"\"%V\"\""

Source: saviert's comment at http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/make-command-prompt-here-always-display-for-folders-in-windows-vista#comment-57856

Solution 2

Console2 rocks. I added an 'Cmd here (Console2)' item to my explorer context menu.

Save the text below in a file named open-console2.reg then open it to import it to the Windows registry.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\console2]
@="Cmd here (Console2)"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\console2\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Console2\\Console.exe\" -d \"%V\"\\"

Bonus 'bash here' item (assumes you have a Console2 tab named 'bash').

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\console2_bash]
@="Bash here (Console2)"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\console2_bash\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Console2\\Console.exe\" -t Bash -d \"%V\"\\"

Solution 3

I think the relevant part of the TortoiseSVN installer is here. Perhaps you can figure out all the necessary registry keys from that.

Solution 4

None of the above worked for me.

But this does (tested on Windows 7 Pro x64):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Open console here\command]
@="u:\\users\\dave\\data\\bin\\Console2\\Console.exe cmd -r \"/k pushd %L\""

Replace the path with the path to your copy of console.exe (of course).

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