Windows 7 - Right-click context cascade menu for Python [closed]

Question

I'm trying to add to context menu for *.zip files. To launch my python script with nessesary parameters.

I've added to register following keys:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinZip\shell\SSSeracher] "MUIVerb"="SSSearcher Script" "SubCommands"="SSSearcher.Rule1;SSSearcher.Rule2;SSSearcher.Rule3;SSSearcher.Custom;SSSearcher.Config"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Rule1] @="Rule #1"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Rule1\command] @="C:\\APPS\\python\\Scripts\\sssearcher.py \"%1\" \"1\""
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Rule2] @="Rule #2"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Rule2\command] @="C:\\APPS\\python\\Scripts\\sssearcher.py \"%1\" \"2\""
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Rule3] @="Rule #3"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Rule3\command] @="C:\\APPS\\python\\Scripts\\sssearcher.py \"%1\" \"3\""
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Custom] @="Custom rule"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Custom\command] @="C:\\APPS\\python\\Scripts\\sssearcher.py \"%1\" \"4\""
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Custom] @="Custom rule"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Custom\command] @="C:\\APPS\\python\\Scripts\\sssearcher.py \"%1\" \"4\""
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Config] @="Config File"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\SSSearcher.Config\command] @="vim C:\\APPS\\python\\Scripts\\sssearcher.pyc"

As menu showing up clickin on those does absolutly nothing.

I've been following this tutorial: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh127467%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

There is something that I missing, but unfortunately I cannot find answer what. Could you help me with that?

Answer 1

I've just followed these steps and it appears to work:

1) First find the .zip key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

2) Select it and look at its default. In my case the default is CompressedFolder:

3) Now navigate your way down to CompressedFolder\shell (or what was ever under your default for .zip) which is also contained under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:

4) Right click on the shell and add a new key, in my case I've added a key named MyCommand. Add a subkey to this key called command. MyCommand will be the name of the command that appears on the context menu.

5) Next edit the value of the (Deafult) entry of the command subkey for mycommand, adding the operation you wish to perform. In my case I want to open a python file which tells me details about the file:

This is the python script:

import os
import sys

def main():
    st = os.stat(sys.argv[1])
    print st
    raw_input()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

And it is located at C:\info.py

And this is the entry I've added to default:

python C:\\info.py %1

That's all there is to it, now if you were to right click on a zip file you should see the command you've added:

Which when clicked gives:

Hope this is what you where after. If you wish to add more commands then just add more subkeys under the shell key as we did with MyCommand.

UPDATE - CASCADING MENUS

a) In order to add cascading menus navigate to the key stated above in step 3. In my case this is CompressedFolder\shell which is under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Once here add a key with a name of your choice, in my case I used CascadeMenu. Add 2 entries to this key:

• MUIVerb - this is the name that will appear for the cascade menu. In my case I have used MyCascadeMenu
• SubCommands - this is a semicolon separated list of commands. Name the commands whatever you like, in my case I have used python.info. Use a '|' between commands if you want a separator, for example command1;|;command2

b) Next we need to tell windows what this command actually does. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\Shell

Once here add a key with the name of your command. In my case the key is called python.info. Set the default value of the key to the name you want to appear in the context menu. In my case I have used "File Info"

c) Now add a subkey to your command, called command. Change the default entry of this command to the command you wish to execute. In my case I have set it to python C:\\info.py %1

d) We are now finished, right click on the .zip file to see your newly created context menu: