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83 changes: 47 additions & 36 deletions OldContextMenu/Program.cs
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using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Diagnostics;

Console.WriteLine("Let's change the context menu!");


const string regKey = @"Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32";

//RegistryKey exist = Registry.CurrentUser.Name;

RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32");
Console.WriteLine("Let's change the context menu!");

RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(regKey);

if (key != null)
{
if (key == null)
OldContext();

Console.WriteLine("");
}
else
{
NewContext();
Console.WriteLine("");
}

Console.WriteLine(@"Press any key to finish...");
Console.ReadKey();



// HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32



static void OldContext()
{

try
{
Console.WriteLine(@"Creating subkey HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32");
RegistryKey keyIn = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32");
Console.WriteLine("New context menu ---> Old context menu");
Console.WriteLine($"Creating subkey {regKey}");

RegistryKey keyIn = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(regKey);

//Adds the "(Default)" value and sets data to "" instead of "not defined"
keyIn.SetValue("", "");
keyIn.Close();


//Gets all processes with "explorer" as name. Since there probably is only one. Is there a GetProcessByName? probably
Process[] explorer = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer");

//kills Explorer.exe since needed for the context menu to update
explorer[0].Kill();

Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "explorer";
process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
process.Start();

Console.WriteLine("Added registry key to get the old context menu back. Try right-clicking a file!");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex);
}
}

//Gets all processes with "explorer" as name. Since there probably is only one. Is there a GetProcessByName? probably
Process[] explorer = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer");
static void NewContext()
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Old context menu ---> new context menu");
Console.WriteLine($"Deleting subkey {regKey}");

//kills Explorer.exe since needed for the context menu to update
explorer[0].Kill();
Registry.CurrentUser.DeleteSubKey(regKey);
Registry.CurrentUser.DeleteSubKey(regKey.Remove(regKey.Length - 15));


Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "explorer";
process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
process.Start();
//Gets all processes with "explorer" as name. Since there probably is only one. Is there a GetProcessByName? probably
Process[] explorer = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer");

Console.WriteLine("Added registry key to get the old context menu back. Try right-clicking a file!");
}
//kills Explorer.exe since needed for the context menu to update
explorer[0].Kill();

static void NewContext()
{
Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "explorer";
process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
process.Start();

Console.WriteLine("Deleted registry key to get the new context menu back. Try right-clicking a file!");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex);
}
}