integrate to shell context menu without admin permissions

[Boyko Arsov]

Hi guys,

Is there a way to manually integrate the 7zip context menu commands for my account only as I'm a non-admin user on the machine I'm using?

As you can see in the screenshot, the option to integrate to the shell is grayed out, so is there a way to do that manually? Maybe a registry edit for the current user only?

Thanks!

Regards,
Boyko

[Igor Pavlov]

I don't know any way to do it.
You can use 7-zip file manager instead of explorer.

[Boyko Arsov]

Hi Igor,

I found this in stackoverflow. It describes how to add context menu entries for non-admin users as well as for admins:

Context menu for right click on folders in left panel of Windows Explorer or on background of a directory in right panel:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell if you are administrator
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\directory\Background\shell if you are a normal user

Context menu for right click on folders in right panel of Windows Explorer:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell if you are administrator
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\directory\shell if you are a normal user

Context menu for any file:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell if you are administrator
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell if you are a normal user

In all cases:

add a new key under "shell", naming it as you want to name the context menu item
add a new key inside this key, named command (mandatory name)
edit the "default" property in "command" to myprogrampath\path\path\executable.exe %1 to pass the file path and name of the selected file to your custom program

Based on the above, can I use the HKEY_CURRENT_USER to add the 7zip context menu entries as a non-privileged user in Windows? If it can be done, what are the exact settings that have to be added?

Thanks!

Regards,
Boyko

[Igor Pavlov]

Create in notepad the following reg file (with 7-zip_user.reg name) and try to register it:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}]
@="7-Zip Shell Extension"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7-zip.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip]
@="{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip]
@="{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip]
@="{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}"

You can change C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip to path that you need.

Please write here, if it works OK in your case

[Boyko Arsov]

Hi Igor,

Thank you so much - works like a charm!

Best regards,
Boyko

[Peda V Murukutla]

Are you able to provide a command line option to register shell extensions and possibly with a 'user only' mode (i.e. works without admin rights)?