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  1. #1
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    Windows - Custom context menu

    Scenario: High school student has no context menu in Windows explorer (disabled in policy) because it offers too much temptation to 'play'.
    Specifically; New>Shortcut provides a command line they can use maliciously.

    Unfortunately, they are required to do some things during certain lessons that need a context menu.

    Apparently it's possible to customize Windows explorer context menu by tweaking Shell32 - so I am told!
    I've not looked into this yet, so i'm about to google it and figured i'd stop by here first.
    Anyone know anything about this?
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    = Derek
    ["All glory comes from daring to begin" - fortune cookie]

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    aparently, the context menu keys are all stored as follows

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandler s

    These 4 keys are where the Right-Click menu options are stored for folders, directories, and drives. To remove a right-click context menu item, you could delete any of the sub-keys that are below these keys.
    so i would assume that createing entrys would be much the same
    Open your eyes to Narcissism, Don't let her destroy your life!!

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    Hey Derek, did you ever find a working solution to the context menu?
    Open your eyes to Narcissism, Don't let her destroy your life!!

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    Dont' forget to catch:

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