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I am currently having a problem when it comes to adding a right click context menu verb whenever the user right clicks on a ".dwg" file in Windows 8. I do not spend a lot of time in the registry and I am sure there is something small I could possibly be overlooking. I have been able to add this action to the AutoCAD drawing file in previous Windows OS and versions of AutoCAD until Windows 8-8.1. I have installed multiple versions of AutoCAD on Windows 8 and have not been able to create the action for ".dwg". However, I am able to add this verb to Excel files and CSVs in Windows 8.

Our standard approach was to use shellex/ContextMenuHandlers/GUID of the program I am trying to launch on right click.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoCAD.Drawing.20\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{1e25bcd5-f299-496a-911d-51fb901f7f40}

I have tried manually editing the registry key for the ".dwg" files using shell/verb/command structure and have had no success with ".dwg" in Windows 8. I am able to use the shell/verb/command entry for ".xls" and ".csv" files in Windows 8 and it works.

I am looking for a push in the right direction as to what might have changed for this not to work. I have read as much as I could find on Registry changes for Windows 8. I am also posting this on the AutoCAD forums for help. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

user3596611
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It works the same way it has always worked:

  1. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dwg and note the (Default) value which will be the ProgID (something like dwgfile for example).

  2. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ProgID create the appropriate sub-keys and values:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dwgfile\shell\opendwg]
@="Open with My Program"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dwgfile\shell\opendwg\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\My Program\\MyProgram.exe\" \"%1\""
Karan
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