windows registry snippets

contextMenu.md

Cascaded Context Menu

• how to
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

1. Create a new key under the shell key.
2. Name the key what you want the command to be shown as, for me it will be "Open Command Prompt"
3. Right click the created key and add a new key called command(The sub key must be named command for it to work)
4. Change the default value of the command key to the code that should be ran when the command is selected(ex: cmd.exe)

registry-paths.yml

- userItentity:
    root: &root HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IdentityCRL
    paths:
      MicrosoftUserName:
        path: [*root, UserExtendedProperties]
        code:
          pwsh: [gci, *root, "|", select -ExpandProperty PSChildName]
      MicrosoftUserUrl:
        path: &microPath [*root, InterruptState]
        code:
          pwsh: [gp, *microPath]