<p>If you would like to add an option to the right click context menu when you right click on some file, here&#8217;s how to do it.</p>
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<p>Hit <b>Win ORB</b> | type &#8216;<b>regedit</b>&#8216; and click <b>OK</b></p>
<p>Navigate to the following key: <b>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell</b></p>
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<p>Right-click on the &#8216;<b>shell&#8217;</b> | <b>Create</b> &#8211;>; <b>New</b> &#8211;>; <b>Key</b> | Name it &#8216;<b>Open with Wordpad</b>&#8216;</p>
<p>Right-click on the &#8216;<b>Open with Wordpad</b><strong>&#8216;</strong> | <b>Create</b> &#8211;>; <b>New</b> &#8211;>; <b>Key</b> | Name it &#8216;<b>Command</b>&#8216;</p>
<p>Right click on the &#8216;<b>Command</b>&#8216; key and click &#8216;<b>Modify</b>&#8216;</p>
<p>In the Value data field type the following: <b>wordpad.exe %1</b></p>
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<p>Close the registry editor</p>
<p>Right click on a .txt file for instance and check the context menu option.</p>
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<p>You&#8217;re done!</p>
<p>Comments or suggestions are welcome!</p>

How to add the option to right click context menu
