Does Windows Explorer Context Menu will show my shell menu items on Windows Vista and all new Windows operating systems? I want to be sure, that my application will work on all new operating systems.
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Yes, Windows Explorer Context Menu have full support of all latest Windows operating systems, including all types of Windows XP (even XP x64), Windows Vista (Home, Standard, Business, Ultimate, x64). It have full support of both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. We operatively add support of all new Windows operating systems, that are usually released by Microsoft Corporation every 3-6 years. So, you may be sure that with Windows Explorer Context Menu your shell menu items will be shown correctly on all current and new operating systems.
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We want to add to Explorer shell menu several simple menu items. Will such powerful component as Windows Explorer Context Menu be suitable for us?
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Yes. The power of Windows Explorer Context Menu is not only in it's flexibility and reach functional possibilities (unlimited-deep shell menu sub-menus, possibility to show every menu item only for specified range of files), but also in it's simplicity. With it you will be able to add your custom menu items to Explorer shell context menu in several minutes in a very simple way. Simple examples may be found in Examples section of this manual.
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We need complex and hierarchical menu items to be appended to Windows shell context menu. Will Windows Explorer Context Menu powerful and flexible enough or we need a shell context menu system, designed specially for our application?
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Yes, Windows Explorer Context Menu will be the best choice for you to add all your menu items to Windows Explorer context menu. Windows Explorer Context Menu have full support of Windows shell context menus (icons, separators, enabled/disabled items, checked/unchecked items, complex and deep sub-menus) and is extremely flexible (fit for any application with any type of menu items to add to context menu). So it will organically will be integrated with your application, whatever menu items you want to Windows shell menu and under which conditions.
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Can we show custom menu items with icons and custom captions using Windows Explorer Context Menu?
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Yes. Windows Explorer Context Menu have advanced support of icons showing for shell menu items. You may use icons of any type (ICO, GIF, BMP, PNG, PSD, JPG), of any size (they will be automatically resized for best visualization purposes) and from any source (from your application embedded resources, from any image file of any type (ICO, GIF, BMP, PNG, PSD, JPG), from dynamically generated binary array and from many other sources.
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Does Windows Explorer Context Menu have advanced features? For example, Can I use names of files and folders, selected and right-clicked by user, in captions of my menu items, that I want to append to Explorer context menu? Can I append, in addition to text menu items, add some custom elements to Windows Explorer context menu, such as separators, disabled, checked and bold items, using Windows Explorer Context Menu?
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Yes. Windows Explorer Context Menu have large amount of non-standard, advanced features. For example, Names, extensions, count and parent folder name - all information about files, selected and right-clicked by user before shell context menu was shown, may be included in your menu items captions, in any order and configuration. Windows Explorer Context Menu give you ability to add to Explorer context menu in addition to menu items with text and with or without icon, variety of custom elements, such as bold and disabled items, checked items, separators and many others.
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