Open with context menu

[NotNull]

I was still running version 1261, where the Open With entry is missing from the file context menu.
Just updated to 1269 and that issue is gone. Was it fixed or a "happy little accident"?

[void]

The "Open With" context menu item was fixed for unassociated files in version 1265.

Previous versions removed the openas verb from the menu to avoid the duplicated "Open" menu items.

Everything will now check the menu item text and only remove duplicated "Open" entries (that have the "open" verb or "openas" verb).

[NotNull]

The "Open With" context menu item was fixed for unassociated files in version 1265.

That would explain it: all file associations here are 'portable', meaning that they are not configured in the registry.

Thanks for clarifying!

[therube]

Could you explain that a bit more?

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_screwed_up_printouts.TXT
- open WITH
CAEF8703DFF90EB56650175770782E07A50C16EA
- open only
sessionstore.json
- open only
c00ab7717503333e.customDestinations-ms
- open only
prefs.js
- open WITH
3171644ACACC0D1AD2A663AD7E590238AD057BD5
- open only

What should I be seeing & why?


(Note that Vim is set as a file handler for all file [not directory] types.
HKCR\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\OpenWithList\gvim.exe
HKCR\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\gvim

I just picked the first hits that came up [for above].)

[void]

The OS decides what context menu items to add.

From my testing:
File extensions with an open-with-list will show "Open with".
"Open with" is shown for unassociated file extensions.
"Open with" is never shown for files with no extension.
"Open with" is never shown if more than one file is selected.

Are you seeing something different in Windows Explorer?
Are the VIM context menu items not showing correctly?