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Create PowerShell Here Right-Click Explorer Option
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<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Creates a right-click (or shift right-click) explorer menu option to open Powershell at the selected location | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Creates a right-click (or shift right-click) explorer menu option to open Powershell at the selected location | |
.EXAMPLE | |
.\Create-PowerShellHere.ps1 | |
Will create a right-click menu with the default text, "Open PowerShell Here" | |
.EXAMPLE | |
.\Create-PowerShellHere.ps1 -Extended | |
Will create a shift right-click menu with the default text, "Open PowerShell Here" | |
.EXAMPLE | |
.\Create-PowerShellHere.ps1 -Extended -MenuText "PoSH Prompt Here" | |
Will create a right-click menu with the specified text, "PoSH Prompt Here" | |
.NOTES | |
Credit to HowToGeek for the idea - http://www.howtogeek.com/165268/how-to-add-open-powershell-here-to-the-context-menu-in-windows | |
#> | |
param( | |
[switch]$Extended, | |
[string]$MenuText = "Open PowerShell Here" | |
) | |
$PowerShellMenuPath = "HKCR:\Directory\shell\powershellmenu" | |
$CommandPath = "HKCR:\Directory\shell\powershellmenu\command" | |
$PowerShellCL = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe -NoExit -Command Set-Location -LiteralPath '%L'" | |
try { | |
New-PSDrive -Name HKCR -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -ErrorAction Stop | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Error "Unable to map HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT - Aborting" | |
Exit | |
} | |
finally { | |
Remove-PSDrive -Name HKCR -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | |
} | |
New-Item -Path $PowerShellMenuPath -Force | Out-Null | |
New-Item -Path $CommandPath -Force | Out-Null | |
Set-ItemProperty -Path $PowerShellMenuPath -Name "(Default)" -Value $MenuText | |
Set-ItemProperty -Path $CommandPath -Name "(Default)" -Value $PowerShellCL | |
if ($Extended) { | |
Set-ItemProperty -Path $PowerShellMenuPath -Name "Extended" -Value $null | |
} |
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