Right Click File Explorer

[Lop]

I'm creating a program and would like to add my program to the list when you right click on a certain file type in Windows Explorer. How do I do this?

The program is in C++ NET 2.0 and I would pass arguments such as the file path/name if right-clicked and my program is selected.

[brackett]

There's a series of articles on CodeProject that deals with unmanaged C++ and shell extensions.

If you're interested in going the managed route, then you'll need to deal with COM interop. Dino Esposito has a good C# article detailing what you need.

[Lop]

Ahh.. The second article doesn't load for me. I'll check again later.

I'll probably go managed if possible.

[Crane]

Loads fine for me. I've done this before a long time ago but I can't remember where I got the information or how I did it. I do know it was a simple registry edit though.

[Lop]

It works now. Must have been down when I clicked on the link. That is a lot of code for the managed version.