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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\VSCodeInsiders]
@="Open with Code - Insiders"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\VSCodeInsiders\command]
@="C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\VSCodeInsiders]
@="Open with Code - Insiders"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\VSCodeInsiders\command]
@="C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe \"%V\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\VSCodeInsiders]
@="Open with Code - Insiders"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\VSCodeInsiders\command]
@="C:\\Users\\<USERNAME>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe \"%V\""
  • replace the <USERNAME> with you own or use the correct executable full path
  • save it to a file with encoding: UTF-16 LE eol: CRLF file extension: .reg
  • merge the reg file to registry
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