How to Create a Right Click Menu in Windows 7 for GVim or Other Green Program?

Very simple.

• regedit
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/shell
• Create a key with any name you like, e.g. “Edit with GVim”. After that, please test it with you Explorer by right click on any files. You will see a new menu item there.
• Create a new key as “command” underneath. You must use “command” as the key.
• Set the string value of command key: <command path> “%1”
• e.g.: C:\Tools\vim73\gvim “%1”

That’s it.