Add new shortcuts to the right click menu

This tip will show you how it is possible to add shortcuts of your choice to Windows right click drop down menu.

Firstly open Windows start menu and enter “Regedit” in the search field, before clicking on the corresponding result.

Once in Windows registry editor, go to the following location:
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\

Select the “Shell” key. In the “Edit” menu, select “New” and “Key”. Provide the new key with a meaningful name (like “¨Paint” for the picture editing program).

Select the newly created key (“Paint” in our case). Click on the “Edit” menu and select “New” and “Key”. Name this new key “Command”.

Double click on “Command” and enter the location of the executable file in the value field (“C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe”).

And here are the results.