FileMenu 64-Bit Support

 Keywords: FileMenu FileMenu.dll 32-Bit 64-Bit 16 32 64 Bit Support Win7 Windows 7

Question:

As you may know, as of the RTM in October, Microsoft decided not to allow Windows 7 to run the 32 bit build of Explorer. As a result, the WinBatch right-click shell extensions do not appear on a Windows 7 x64 system. Is there a plan to provide a 64 bit build of the shell extension in the near future? One thing I really miss is the ability to right-click and start the compiler on a particular .wbt file. It's a longer way around to start the compiler "manually" and choose the file for compile.
In the interim, is there a quick way to create a shortcut that could be assigned to, say, the .cmp file (or possibly the .wbt file) to get the compiler to run on it? With the Windows 7 UI I no longer see a way to set a value other than "Open" for a particular extension. The idea is that right-clicking a .wbt would yield a "Compile" entry that is not default ("Open" should still be the default).

FYI, the registry can easily be tweaked to accomplish this, by setting up the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WBT_auto_file\shell\Compile\command (after having found out that WBT_auto_file is associated with .wbt), but that's just ludicrous to have to do. There really needs to be a way to configure this via the GUI.

Answer:

Starting in WinBatch 2010B, the WinBatch FileMenu shell extension now works with 64-bit Explorer on X64 versions of Windows and is no longer dependant on the 32-bit Explorer on 64-bit systems.

Article ID:   W17646

Filename:   FileMenu 64-Bit Support.txt

File Created: 2010:07:16:12:38:38

Last Updated: 2010:07:16:12:38:38

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