how to add programm to context menu (right-click-menu) without root privileges?

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_{Friday, October 25, 2019 8:45 PM}

I'm know this path in regedit, but when I'm adding to it something like (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\\shell\myprogramm\command (someValue), it automatically copies this branch to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\shell\myprogramm\command, BUT without value. Therefore, without value, it don't work.

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_{Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:21 AM}

You can add custom items to your desktop context menu from the registry as well, such as a shortcut launcher for a program.

Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\, and then...

• Right click on "shell" and go to New > Key -- give it the name of the program you're going to be launching.
• Right click that new entry and make another new key named "command"
• Right click the default value on the right and modify it, giving it the directory of your executable

S.Sengupta,Microsoft MVP Windows and Devices for IT, Windows Insider MVP

_{Saturday, October 26, 2019 10:39 AM}

the behaviour of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is complicated, as it is for legacy purposes
and a merged view of HKLM\Software\Classes and HKCU\Software\Classes
see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes vs HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
When you want to add the program for all users, you better change this in the HKLM keys

_{Saturday, October 26, 2019 7:41 PM}

To modify HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT needs root privileges. And I'm not.

_{Saturday, October 26, 2019 7:44 PM}

To modify HKLM or HKCU need rot privileges? 

_{Sunday, October 27, 2019 9:07 AM | 1 vote}

for HKCU you don't need additional privileges, for HKLM you do.

_{Sunday, October 27, 2019 6:47 PM}

Thank you, the problem was that I used single quote instead of double quotes.

_{Tuesday, November 5, 2019 7:51 AM}

Would you mind letting me know the update of the problem? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know.

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