Windows Context menu shell icon

Question

I have created a new Windows shell context menu item using registry and keys

HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname
HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname\command

now I want to add an icon to this command. How I do that?

Nope, just adding an entry into "HKCR\.myextension\shell" into registry — Marcelo de Aguiar, Feb 15 '11 at 17:09

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '11 at 19:33

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Windows 7 added support for icons (and submenus) for static (registry) verbs, add a REG_SZ value named "Icon" under HKCR\%ProgID%\shell\%verb%

On <= Vista you need a shell extension that implements IContextMenu, see this blog entry for information about which icon/bitmap formats you can use...

answered Feb 12 '11 at 19:33

Anders

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Windows 8 is consistent with the Windows 7 icon support – bleeper Apr 03 '14 at 08:11

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