Modify Windows Explorer's Menus

[MartinLiss]

I'd like to be able to add a new menu item to Windows Explorer's Edit menu and, of course, be able to execute code associated with the new menu item. Any ideas?

[Serge]

I don't think it's possible in VB, Marty. The reason is because you cannot subclass something that doesn't belong to your thread. So you would probably have to use C/C++ to achieve this.

[Jop]

I wonder if there aren't any Registry entries, there are for Internet Explorer menu's, take a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support...-US&SD=gn&FR=0
maybe you'll find some more cool things.

[Vlatko]

It is really easy to do this. Just use AppendMenu to add the item and then subclass the WM_COMMAND message in the C++ DLL. If you know C++ it is easy to make the DLL .The problem is that you can not add a item to stay permanetntly even after explorer is closed. May be you can add it from the Registry as Jop said and then subclass Explorer.

[MartinLiss]

I already have a program which acts as a shell for Windows Explorer. The shell remembers the last path you select and uses that path the next time you run the shell. So since it's my shell that's running Windows Explorer I don't need to permanently modify Windows Explorer I just would like to be able to either modify its Edit menu, or add a new menu.