Windows 10: Add Sync Center Context Menu in Windows

How to: Add Sync Center Context Menu in Windows

How to Add Sync Center Context Menu in Windows


Offline Files is a feature of Sync Center that makes network files available to a user, even if the network connection to the server is unavailable.

Users can use offline files (if always available offline to keep a copy of the files stored on the network on your computer. This allows users to work with them even when they are not connected to the network or a server is unavailable. The next time the user connects to the network or the server is available, their offline files on your computer will automatically sync to the network files on the server to update.

The Sync Center allows you to view recent sync activity, sync now, or change your sync settings for your offline files.

See also:

• Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Roaming User Profiles overview | Microsoft Docs
• Work Folders and Offline Files support for Windows Information Protection | Storage at Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Sync Center desktop context menu to for all users to manage their Offline Files in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

*Warning While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the context menu, all users will be able to use the context menu.

*note In Windows 7, the offline files feature is only available in the Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions.

In Windows 8, the offline files feature is only available in the Pro and Enterprise editions.

In Windows 10, the offline files feature is only available in the Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.


EXAMPLE: Sync Center context menu and items





























Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "Sync Center" to Desktop Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Sync_Center_to_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

3. To Remove "Sync Center" from Desktop Context Menu
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Sync_Center_from_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Enable or Disable Offline Files in Windows
• How to Set or Unset Network Files as Always Available Offline in Windows
• How to Create Offline Files Folder Shortcut in Windows
• How to Change Offline Files Disk Usage Limits in Windows
• How to Encrypt or Unencrypt Offline Files Cache in Windows
• How to Manually Sync Offline Files in Windows
• How to Create New Offline Files Sync Schedule in Windows
• How to Delete Offline Files Sync Schedule in Windows
• How to Edit Offline Files Sync Schedule in Windows

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Custom context menu entries

So, just throwing this out there, in case somone knows.

I have added a custom context menu entry for the program rightload, since by default the menu is broken in vistax64.

It works pefect with single files, but when I select mutiple files and try to open, I get mutiple instances of the program (which makes sense), here is my entry:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Rightload\Rightload.exe --server=1 --autostart %1

So the %1 passes the filename to the program, and when I select multiple files it is just opening multiple instances of rightload each with a different file.

What I'd like to do is be able to pass a list of the files selected to the program. Since I know it is capable of uploading multiple files from the context menu, all in one instance.

So, is there something I can pass besides %1 that will do this? I have looked around and can't seem to find an answer anywhere... *Frown

 

CCC Context menu

I was recently greeted to a new entry in my desktop context menu after installing 8.12 drivers with the Catalyst Control Center:





I have no idea what the second entry does, since clicking it results in nothing happening.
So I open up CCC and find this new section:





It's completely disabled. I only have a single HD3850. The IGP on my mobo is nVidia, which is disabled anyway.

I spent the last hour or so finding a way to remove the second entry, and this is the only thing I could find:
Deleting this key removes both entries from the context menu
Code: KEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ACE[/quote] This solved one problem and caused another. I do not like the tray icon, so I have it disabled, so the only way I know to get into CCC is via the context menu. Does anyone know of a way to disable just the "Configure Additive Graphics" entry and keep the CCC entry?

If I kept both disabled, is there some sort of shortcut I could make to get there instead? I don't want to have to go to Display->Settings->Advanced->CCC every time.
EDIT: Just made a hotkey to get there. *Smile

 

Context menu problem

Hi,

Your concern with the context menu can be due to the configuration of your device and/or broken system files. To better understand your concern, we'd like to know the following:

• The last known changes made/activities performed on your device prior to your concern.
• If you've experienced your concern on all areas in Windows 10 where context menu is expected to be available. Examples are File Explorer and desktop icons.
• The version and build of Windows 10 that you're using on your device. To check this, you can perform the steps posted on this
  
  link.

In addition, we'd like to request for a screenshot of your concern with the context menu.

In the meantime, we'd recommend performing a clean boot in Windows to isolate software conflicts on your device. To do this, you can perform the steps posted on this link.
In the clean boot environment, check if you'll be able to load the usual options for the context menu. The link will also provide steps to isolate the possible cause of the issue. Once you're done troubleshooting, check the How
to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting section to revert your device to normal boot.

If you still experience your concern while in the clean boot environment, we'd recommend creating a new user/administrator account to isolate profile related issues. To do this, you can perform the steps posted on this

link.

We look forward to your response.

 

Windows10 start up / context menu crashing issue

Hi,

Since you are having an issue with the Start up menu not working and the context menu crashing, what I can suggest is for you to try and follow the steps provided from the links below:

• Community Ramesh.Kumar's answer March 19, 2016
• Troubleshoot problems opening the Start menu or Cortana

Let us know how it goes.

 

How to get rid of old context menus?

I was going to suggest editing teh registry , but....