To use an icon from an EXE or DLL file, specify the path and index number:

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe",0
C:\WINDOWS\System32\SHELL32.dll,196

Note: Change a folder icon and open desktop.ini (hidden) in the folder to find the index number. More information can be found here.

To use an icon file, specify the path to the .ico file:

"C:\Users\user\icons\icon.ico"

To run an executable or script, specify the path:

# EXE
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe"
# Environment variables are supported
"%LocalAppData%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"
# Script
newFolder.bat

To run a store app, use the following format:

# Format
shell:AppsFolder\<Package Name>_<Publisher ID>!<App ID>
# Example: WindowsTerminal
shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
# With parameters
start "" shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App new-tab -p "cmd"

To use URI protocols, specify the exe and param:

# Simple
"exe": "quick-look://",
# With parameters
"exe": "explorer",
"param": "quick-look://\"{path}\"",

The param template will be processed and passed to the [exe].

"{path}"

If you right-click on the C:\test\MpDlpCmd.exe

{path}                                     --> C:\test\MpDlpCmd.exe
"{path}"                                   --> "C:\test\MpDlpCmd.exe"
cmd.exe /s /k pushd "{path}"               --> cmd.exe /s /k pushd "C:\test\MpDlpCmd.exe"
a -ad "{parent}\{nameNoExt}.7z" "{path}"   --> a -ad "C:\test\MpDlpCmd.7z" "C:\test\MpDlpCmd"

{path}: file absolute path
{parent}: file parent path
{name}: file name (single file only)
{nameNoExt}: file name without extension (single file only, version >= 5.0)
{extension}: file extension (single file only, version >= 5.0)

Match all files (not folders).

Contains file extension:

*            --> all
.apkx .mapk  --> xx.apk or xxx.apkx
empty        --> all

Regex for file name:

.+?\.txt

Debug regex: regex101

Must use | as delimiter:

.apkx|.apk   --> xxx.apkx or xxx.apk
.cpp|.java   --> xx.java or xx.cpp

Directory/desktop/directory background/drive (v5.5+)

Right-click on directory only.

Right-click on desktop (right-click on the explorer left tree desktop: bug).

Right-click on directory background.

Right-click on drive.

Two modes are supported:

• EACH: Execute [exe] on each path.
• JOIN: Execute [exe] only once.

Note: When [Multiple Files] is turned on, extension matching and folder matching are ignored.

For each file, pass [param] to [exe], same as single file.

All paths will be connected according to the configuration, then as {path}.

If 2 files are selected: path1.txt path2.txt

,      --> "path1","path2"
:      --> "path1":"path2"
','    --> "path1"','"path2"

Note: Every path will be surrounded by quotes.

When multiple files are selected, the [Param] may be different. So, the [Param] can be overwritten here:

multipleParam: -noexit -Command Get-FileHash -LiteralPath \"{path}\" -Algorithm MD5 | format-list
delimiter: \",\"

Example:

-noexit -Command Get-FileHash -LiteralPath \""C:\Users\test\Desktop\tftpd32.ini"\",\""C:\Users\test\Desktop\run.bat"\" -Algorithm MD5 | format-list

{parent}: file parent path
{path}: file name (single file only, version >= 5.7)

Menus load faster when cache is enabled. Turn it off and on again to reset the cache.

Use customeContextMenuDebug.exe to show param. See JSON: Debug Echo.

Menu Samples

C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Packages\{appId}\LocalState\custom_commands

If you need to back up, just copy all the files here to a safe folder.