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Windows Registry Editor Script Explanation

Overview

This script customizes the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer to add options for opening PowerShell at specific locations. It creates two context menu entries, one for the background of a directory and another for the directory itself, allowing easy access to PowerShell from those locations.

Key Functionalities:

1. Context Menu for Directory Background:

   • Adds an option called "Open Powershell" when right-clicking on the background of a folder (the empty space within a folder in Explorer).
   • When selected, it opens PowerShell with the current folder as the active directory.

2. Context Menu for Directory Itself:

   • Adds an option called "Open in Powershell" when right-clicking on a folder.
   • When selected, it opens PowerShell directly in the clicked folder.

Other Attributes:

• Icon:

  • Both entries display the PowerShell icon.

• No Working Directory:

  • Specifies that PowerShell should open without considering any previous working directory.

• ShowBasedOnVelocityId:

  • This value controls when and where the context menu items are shown, using a system velocity ID to control visibility.

PowershellContextMenu.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\ps1]
@="Open Powershell"
"Icon"="powershell.exe"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"ShowBasedOnVelocityId"=dword:00639bc8

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\ps1\command]
@="powershell.exe -noexit -command Set-Location -literalPath '%V'"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell\ps1]
@="Open in powershell"
"Icon"="powershell.exe"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"ShowBasedOnVelocityId"=dword:00639bc8

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell\ps1\command]
@="powershell.exe -noexit -command Set-Location -literalPath '%V'"