Adding "Right-Click to Open Folder in Browser View" Feature via Registry Key

[Water_miner]

I really enjoy a feature provided by VSCode, where you can right-click in any window or folder and select "Open in VSCode" to immediately open the folder in a browsing view. I also like using XnView's browser view, but the steps to open this view each time are somewhat cumbersome. Therefore, I wrote a registry configuration file so that I can right-click and browse all images in a folder just like with VSCode.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnView]
@="Open folder with XnView"
"icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnView\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnView]
@="Open folder with XnView"
"icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnView\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%V\""

I hope this feature can be integrated into future installation wizards.

[user0]

+1
but there are 2 different context menus:

• Folder (already exists in Settings>Integration)

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  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnViewMP]
  @="Browse in XnView MP"
  "icon"="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XnViewMP\command]
  @="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%1\""
  

• Desktop & Folder background

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  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnViewMP]
  @="Browse in XnView MP"
  "icon"="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\""
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\XnViewMP\command]
  @="\"D:\\PROG\\portable\\graphic\\XnViewMP\\xnviewmp.exe\" \"%V\""
  

ps. in win11 it only visible in old context menu (Shift+RMB)

[xnview]

See issue for current status and some details.

[xnview]

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.8.1. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.