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edited Mar 20, 2017 at 10:17

A dynamic context menu item like the one WinRAR creates creates is impossible to do without additional code.

You can set the (Default) value for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<ProgID>\shell\mymenu to a static string as follows:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu]
@="My Menu Entry"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu\command]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"

This will display the following:

If you attempt to use %1 or other variables other variables it just won't work since it'll be treated like a literal string and consequently %1 itself will show up in the menu.

A dynamic context menu item like the one WinRAR creates is impossible to do without additional code.

You can set the (Default) value for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<ProgID>\shell\mymenu to a static string as follows:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu]
@="My Menu Entry"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu\command]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"

This will display the following:

If you attempt to use %1 or other variables it just won't work since it'll be treated like a literal string and consequently %1 itself will show up in the menu.

A dynamic context menu item like the one WinRAR creates is impossible to do without additional code.

You can set the (Default) value for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<ProgID>\shell\mymenu to a static string as follows:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu]
@="My Menu Entry"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu\command]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"

This will display the following:

If you attempt to use %1 or other variables it just won't work since it'll be treated like a literal string and consequently %1 itself will show up in the menu.

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A dynamic context menu item like the one WinRAR creates is impossible to do without additional code.

You can set the (Default) value for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<ProgID>\shell\mymenu to a static string as follows:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu]
@="My Menu Entry"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\mymenu\command]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\NOTEPAD.EXE %1"

This will display the following:

If you attempt to use %1 or other variables it just won't work since it'll be treated like a literal string and consequently %1 itself will show up in the menu.