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context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:55 pm
by wayup
Can't seem to get context menu to show up in W10 for file explorer. Worked and works (laptop) fine on Win 7 and all my settings are the same.
Tried a bunch of things. Working in admin mode, non-admin mode, adjusted context menu folder settings so all possible ones are set to "show this item", restarted computer, etc.
Fix?
Re: context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:19 pm
by NotNull
wayup wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:55 pm
all my settings are the same
Including
Show Search Everything folder context menu item? ( Menu > tools > Options > General )
Re: context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:31 pm
by wayup
NotNull wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:19 pm
wayup wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:55 pm
all my settings are the same
Including
Show Search Everything folder context menu item? ( Menu > tools > Options > General )
Yup (I edited my 1st post to reflect)
FWIW normally I'm pretty good at figuring this stuff out but this one has me stumped. Especially since I've used Everything on multiple computers for years.
Re: context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:08 am
by void
What is shown in your registry under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything...
Re: context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:58 pm
by wayup
void wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:08 am
What is shown in your registry under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything...
I don't have that folder under xxx\shell\
It has six sub folders (explore, open, opennewprocess, opennewtab, opennewwindow, pintohome) but no search everything. Same if I am logged in as admin or not.
Re: context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:11 pm
by NotNull
At least that explains why there is no context menu entry
Could you please try the following?
- In Everything, go to Menu => Tools => Options => General
- Uncheck Show Search Everything folder context menu item
- Press the Apply button
- Accept the User Account Control prompt (apply credentials if asked for)
- In Everything, go to Menu => Tools => Options => General
- Check Show Search Everything folder context menu item
- Press the Apply button
- Accept the User Account Control prompt (apply credentials if asked for)
- Check the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\ settings for the presence of the Search Everything key.
- Check if the Search Everything context menu entry shows up, for example in Explorer.
Re: context menu not in windows 10
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:18 pm
by wayup
Ok thanks, this worked great to get search everything to show up in explorer!