Understanding the Functionality of Contextual Dropdown Menus: A Guide

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Registration
• Using Advanced Installer
  • GUI
  • Working with Projects
  • Installer Project
    * Product Information
    * Resources
    * Files and Folders
    * Tiles
    * Java Products
    * Registry
    * File Associations
    * Default Programs
    * Context Menu Properties
    * ProgID Properties
    * Extension Properties
    * Verb Properties
    * Assemblies
    * Drivers
    * Services
    * Package Definition
    * Requirements
    * User Interface
    * System Changes
    * Server
    * Custom Behavior
  • Patch Project
  • Merge Module Project
  • Updates Configuration Project
  • Windows Store App Project
  • Modification Package Project
  • Optional Package Project
  • Windows Mobile CAB Projects
  • Visual Studio Extension Project
  • Software Installer Wizards - Advanced Installer
  • Visual Studio integration
  • Alternative to AdminStudio/Wise
  • Replace Wise
  • Migrating from Visual Studio Installer
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Shell Integration
  • Command Line
  • Advanced Installer PowerShell Automation Interfaces
• Features and Functionality
• Tutorials
• Samples
• How-tos
• FAQs
• Windows Installer
• Deployment Technologies
• IT Pro
• MSIX
• Video Tutorials
• Advanced Installer Blog
• Table of Contents

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Context Menu Properties

This page enables you to configure Windows Explorer context menu items for your packaged application. These items could be located in either the file, the folder or the background context menu.

A system reboot/restarting Explorer is required in order to display the shell extension.

Windows 11 Context Menu

Check this option to enable Windows 11 Context Menu.

A Sparse Package is required to configure this option. It will be automatically generated and included into your setup package.

Digital signature is mandatory for this option. All Sparse Packages have to be digitally signed, thus the above Sparse Package will be signed with the digital signature configured in your project.

“Windows 11 Context Menu” option takes effect at install time only if the digital certificate used to signed the setup package is a trusted certificate on target machine (i.e. is installed in “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” certificates store). Otherwise its installation will be skipped.

Digital Signing with a Cloud Hosted Service

Advanced Installer extracts the Publisher name from the digital certificate specified in Digital Signatures page and includes that Publisher in the sparse package manifest. If the certificate used to digitally sign the package is hosted in the cloud this syncronization might slow the build process or fail silently.

You can manually specify the Publisher name and skip this automatic syncronization. Go to Properties page in your project and define a new property calledSPARSE_PACKAGE_CN, then set its value to match the Publisher mentioned in your code signing certificate, following this template:

CN=YourCompany-sha2, OU=YourProductName, O=YourCompany, E=support@yourcompany.com

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Display

Name

Specify the name of the context menu item. Formatted type.

Icon

Select or specify the icon (a *.ico file) of the context menu item. Formatted type.

General

Type

The type of the context menu is displayed in this field:

• File
• Folder
• Background
• Drive

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Command

Specify the command to be executed by the context menu item. Formatted type.

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