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Asked: 2026-05-10T17:22:17+00:00

Problem Language: C# 2.0 or later I would like to register context handlers to

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Language: C# 2.0 or later

I would like to register context handlers to create menues when the user right clicks certain files (in my case *.eic). What is the procedure to register, unregister (clean up) and handle events (clicks) from these menues?

I have a clue it’s something to do with the windows registry, but considering how much stuff there is in .net, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are handy methods to do this clean and easy.

Code snippets, website references, comments are all good. Please toss them at me.

Update

Obviously there is a slight problem creating context menues in managed languages, as several users have commented. Is there any other preferred way of achieving the same behaviour, or should I spend time looking into these workarounds? I don’t mind doing that at all, I’m glad people have put effort into making this possible – but I still want to know if there is a ‘proper/clean’ way of achieving this.

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  1. Resist writing Shell Extensions in managed languages – there are a multitude of things that could go bang if you pursue this route.

    Have a browse through this thread for more details. It contains links to do it if really want, and sagely advice of why it can be done, but shouldn’t.

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxbcl/thread/1428326d-7950-42b4-ad94-8e962124043e/

    You’re back to unmanaged C/C++ as your only real tools here.

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