Add any Application to Windows desktop Right-Click Menu

How to add any Application to Windows desktop Right-Click Menu

If you want really quick access to launch a frequently used application without putting extra icons on your desktop, you can add that application to the context menu for the desktop with a simple registry hack. Here’s how to do it.
For today's trick I will show you how to add installed Game Application[Counter-Strike 1.6] to the menu, but you could add any applications you want instead. The first thing you’ll want to do is open up regedit.exe through the Start Menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:
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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell
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The screen should look similar to this one if you are in the right place.
Next, you’ll want to create a new key underneath the shell key, the name of which is exactly what is going to show up on the desktop menu. Right-click on the “shell” key, and then choose New \ Key from the menu.

Give the new key the name that you want to show up on the desktop context menu. For this example we’ll be using Counter-Strike 1.6.

Next you’ll need to create the command key that will actually hold the command used to launch the application. Right-click on the new Notepad key, and then choose New \ Key from the menu.

Give this key the name “command” in lowercase.To complete this step you’ll need the full path to the application that you want to launch. You can use Shift + Right-Click to get the Copy as Path menu item to find this more quickly.

Paste in the full path to the executable that you got from the “Copy as Path” step above, or you can put in the full path yourself if you’d like.
And right-clicking on the desktop will produce the new menu item… naturally, using this menu item should launch Counter-Strike 1.6 Game application.

You can add as many applications to the desktop context menu as you’d like, just repeat the steps again with a new menu item name.