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WinDirStat registry file to add context menu entries to open on drives or folder, with a little icon
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windirstat-add-context-menu.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\windirstat]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\windirstat]
@="Open WinDirStat here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\windirstat]
"Icon"=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,50,00,72,00,6F,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6D,00,20,\
00,46,00,69,00,6C,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,28,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,29,00,5C,00,\
57,00,69,00,6E,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,5C,00,77,00,69,\
00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,\
2C,00,30,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\windirstat\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WinDirStat\\windirstat.exe \"%1\""
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\windirstat]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\windirstat]
@="Open WinDirStat here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\windirstat]
"Icon"=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,50,00,72,00,6F,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6D,00,20,\
00,46,00,69,00,6C,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,28,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,29,00,5C,00,\
57,00,69,00,6E,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,5C,00,77,00,69,\
00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,\
2C,00,30,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\windirstat\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WinDirStat\\windirstat.exe \"%1\""
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\windirstat]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\windirstat]
@="Open WinDirStat here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\windirstat]
"Icon"=hex(2):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,50,00,72,00,6F,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6D,00,20,\
00,46,00,69,00,6C,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,28,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,29,00,5C,00,\
57,00,69,00,6E,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,5C,00,77,00,69,\
00,6E,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,2E,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,\
2C,00,30,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\windirstat\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WinDirStat\\windirstat.exe \"%1\""
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opus-x commented Feb 15, 2024

Thanks for this. Helped me to implement the context menu. The entry for the drive is wrong though, since it would start scanning only your profile folder. You'll need to add some extra backslashes. I also removed the hex-values and used the path names instead.

See my version for a portable setup:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\windirstat]
@="Analyze with WinDirStat"
"Icon"="P:\\bin\\system-tools\\windirstat\\windirstat.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\windirstat\command]
@="P:\\bin\\system-tools\\windirstat\\windirstat.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\windirstat]
@="Analyze with WinDirStat"
"Icon"="P:\\bin\\system-tools\\windirstat\\windirstat.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\windirstat\command]
@="P:\\bin\\system-tools\\windirstat\\windirstat.exe \"%1\\\""

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