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How to add an icon to right-click menu option in Windows 7

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Microsoft recently released the latest version of Windows 7. It comes with more new features compared to previoius version. Windows 7 allows you to add icons to your custom right-click menu entries. Usually, to display a right-click command with an icon, one needs to write a context menu handler Shell Extension (DLL). Now, you can assign icons for static menu items as well, without having to program anything. Here's how to add an icon to right-click menu option in Windows 7:

Step 1: Click Start button on the bottom of desktop, type "Regedit.exe" into the search box and press ENTER key.

Step 2: Navigate to the corresponding registry key for the menu item. For example, if you used the previously mentioned link to add the Print Directory command to the context menu, navigate to the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ Shell \ PrintDir.

Step 3: In the right-pane create a String value (REG_SZ) named Icon. Double-click Icon and type the path to an icon (.ico) file, or mention the icon library file name and the icon index.

Step 4: Exit the Registry Editor.

Ok, once you have done all the steps above mentioned, you have added the icons to the right-click menu option. Now, right click on a directory and you'll see a printer icon near the Print Directory command. This guide just told you a way to add an icon to right-click menu option in Windows 7. Following this guide you can add icons to right-click menu option any time as you like.


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