Windows 10: How do I tell a command in the Context Menu NOT to follow symbolic links

For most commands in the context menu in File Explorer e.g. Open, Edit, Print, etc. we want symbolic links to be followed so that the file we actually work on is the target of the symbolic link. This is accomplished in the registry by a command such as:


%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1.


I wish to add a command to the context menu which would return the name and directory of the symlink file rather than the target. The registry entry would look something like


xyzfile

shell

showdir

command [%SystemRoot%\bin\showdir.bat "%1"]


I have implemented this and it works well, except it shows the directory of the target, not the symlink file. How can I tell it not to follow the symbolic link?

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Change target of "Edit" command in context menus

@ Oily, thanks but that's not what I'm trying to do here. I wanted the "Edit" context menu command to open a different program to what the file is usually associated with; the Default Programs dialog doesn't allow that.

 

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.

 

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