How to Add Software to the Right-click Menu Desktop Context Menu

This guide explains how to add Software to the Right-click Menu Desktop Context Menu, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

With the steps below, you can easily add software to the right-click Desktop Context Menu .

Step 1: Open the Run dialog box ( Windows + R ), type regedit and press OK (or Enter ) to open Registry Editor .

Step 2: In Registry Editor , navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackgrountshell .

Step 3: Next, right-click on the shell folder, select New and select Key to create a key with the application name you want to give to the right-click Menu. This key will display the application name that will appear in the Context Menu .

The example here is the Skype application.

Step 4: In the newly created folder ( Skype ) you create a new key with the command name (lowercase). Right-click the Skype choose New and select Key .

Step 5: Double-click your mouse left on Default on the right.

Then enter the path to the run file of the application you want to appear in the Context Menu (here is Skype. exe ) into Value data and then click OK .

That's it, you can select the right mouse on the Desktop to see the application you just added has appeared in the Menu .

You can add the applications, the software you want to right-click the Desktop Context Menu by following the steps above. Good luck!