Adding batch script to Windows 8 context menu

Question

I saw some other questions about this here, but still got nothing working for what I want.

I want to right click the empty space of a folder, and see a menu for executing a batch file for the current folder.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\treeFiles]
@="Execute treeFiles"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\treeFiles\command]
@="C:\treeFiles.bat \"%V\""
@="C:\\treeFiles.bat -d \"\"%V\"\""

With the above, I can only see the item when I right-click a folder (not the empty space), and the batch will execute relative to it's self path, not the current folder.

Any idea how to fix?

Vinayak · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-29 20:25:16Z

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Use this instead:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\treeFiles]
@="&Execute treeFiles"
"Icon"="%SystemRoot%\\System32\\shell32.dll,71"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\treeFiles\command]
@="C:\\treeFiles.bat \"%V\""

answered Apr 29, 2016 at 20:25

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Student Over a year ago

By the way, do you know why my "right-click on folder" version is executing from the batch file root dir, instead of the selected dir which I'm clicking on?

Vinayak Over a year ago

@TomBrito Yes, I do. It's because you've specified a NoWorkingDirectory string value in your REG file which starts the script with the default working directory of %SYSTEMROOT%\system32.

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