{"id":1205,"date":"2016-04-08T06:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isumsoft.com\/it\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2019-11-27T02:14:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T02:14:31","slug":"add-application-to-desktop-right-click-menu-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isumsoft.com\/it\/add-application-to-desktop-right-click-menu-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Application to Windows 10 Desktop Right-click Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you add a program\/application shortcut to Windows desktop right-click menu<\/strong>, you can quickly start this program by right-clicking on the desktop, which can save you clicks. Now, this page will show you how to add an application to the Windows 10 desktop right-click menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to add an application to desktop right-click menu<\/h2>\n

By default, when you right-click on the Windows 10 desktop, you will find only a few items such as “Display settings”, “Personalize” are included in the popup menu. You can add some commonly used items such as programs, apps to the right-click menu for easier access to them. To realize this, you will need to edit the registry. Do as follows.<\/p>\n

Tips: Generally, people are advised to firstly backup Windows 10 registry<\/a> before editing it just in case making mistakes. But then again, if you are careful enough, backup is unnecessary for such a simple operation on Registry.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Open Registry Editor in Windows 10<\/a> by searching “regedit” in Start menu or running “regedit” in Run box.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\Background\\she<\/strong>ll. Right-click on the “shell” entry and select New -> Key<\/strong> to create a new key. Name the new key the target program\/app name you want to add to the Windows 10 desktop right-click menu, such as “Notepad”.<\/p>\n

\"Create<\/p>\n

Step 3: Right-click on the new key, and select New -> Key<\/strong> to create a new subkey. Name the subkey “command”.<\/p>\n

\"Create<\/p>\n

Step 4: Go to your Windows 10 root directory to find the full path to the app you want to add to the desktop right-click menu. You can right-click on the program while holding on the “Shift” key and select “Copy as path” to quickly copy its full path.<\/p>\n

\"Copy<\/p>\n

Step 5: Go back to the Registry editor. Select the “command” key you’ve just created in Step 3, and on the right-side pane double click on the Default<\/strong> value. Then paste the program path you just got in Step 4 to the “Value data” box and click “OK” to finish.<\/p>\n

\"Paste<\/p>\n

Step 6: Now, when you right-click on your Windows 10 desktop, you will find the Notepad application is added into the popup menu. Select the Notepad and Notepad will immediately open.<\/p>\n

\"Notepad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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