Desktop Context Menu in Windows 7 or 8

Add Multiple Types of Items to the Desktop Context Menu in Windows 7 or 8

The context menu in Windows provides a convenient place to start programs, access websites, and open folders. There are several ways to add programs to the menu including a registry method and a free tool.
We’ve found another free tool, called Right Click Context Menu Adder, that allows you to add more than just programs to the desktop context menu and the folders context menu. It allows you to add folders, web addresses, and files to the menus, as well as programs.
Right Click Context Menu Adder is portable and doesn’t need to be installed. To run it, simply extract the .zip file you downloaded (see the link at the end of this article) and double-click on the .exe file.

If the User Account Control dialog box displays, click Yes to continue.
NOTE: You may not see this dialog box, depending on your User Account Control settings.

Make sure the Add items to menu tab is selected. Select the type of item to add to the context menu from the Item type to add box. First, we’ll add a program to our context menu. To do this, click Search to the right of the Program to add edit box.

On the Choose a program to add dialog box, navigate to folder containing the program you want to add and select the .exe file for the program. Click Open.
NOTE: You can also select to add .msi files or .bat files from the drop-down list to the right of the File name edit box.

The icon for a program file is automatically extracted from the file. However, if you want to select a custom icon, use the Search button in the Icon to show on Menu box to select an icon to display to the left of the program on the context menu, if desired.
NOTE: If you need to extract an icon from a file, such as a program file (.exe) or resource library (.dll) you can use the free BeCyIconGrabber tool. You can also search for and download free .ico files from the IconFinder website.
Because adding an icon to the menu item is optional, you can hide the Icon to show on Menu box by clicking the Compact link next to Switch to at the bottom of the dialog box. To show the Icon to show on Menu box again, click the Extended link.
Select where you want the item to display on the context menu from the Position on Menu drop down list. Enter the name of the item you want displayed on the menu in the Text on Menu edit box.
If you want the item to display on the context menu only when you press Shift, select the Show only when SHIFT key is pressed check box.
To add the item only to the Desktop context menu, select the Add only to Desktop Context Menu radio button. If you want the item added to both the Desktop and Folders context menus, select the Add to Desktop Context Menu and to Folders Context Menu radio button.