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I have an idea for a little C# program, where I want to be able to right click on a file in windows explorer and somehow 'tag' that file. Subsequent right clicks would show it's tagged state.

Bottom line is that I need to be able to right click on a file, see a custom menu item and perform a custom action as well as visualize some info.

Never having done this, I'm not even sure where to start... :)

Any good example out there? Things I should read up on? Links?

Thanks!

Nicros
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    You can make a context menu in C#, but you shouldn't. Doing so would require the CLR to be loaded into every process that shows an Open/Save dialog! – Gabe Oct 09 '11 at 03:44

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The keyword you're looking for is Shell Extensions. For more information, see Windows shell extension with C# or Creating a shell extension with C#.

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Marius Schulz
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