Comments on: How to Add “Desktop Background File Location” Option to Desktop Right-Click Menu in Windows 7

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:47:10 +0000

Thank you for this script :) It came in very handy.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:37:13 +0000

Great script – just what I was looking for!

There was a problem with the folder “天使的眼淚 – 嘉” from W7 personalization gallery though. Guess it’s the foreign characters.

By: Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:28:17 +0000

@Matevž: You’re right technically. However, the “explorer /select …” command-line works just fine without quotes.

Tried something like:

explorer /select, D:\Backup\Img\Tours 2008\2539260_n.jpg
And it works just fine.

By: Matevž

Matevž — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:14:41 +0000

Your script is errorneous if wallpaper filename contains spaces! The 22nd line should look like:

WshShell.run “explorer.exe” & ” /select, “”" & strCurWP & “”"”

By: How to Add "Desktop Background File Location" to Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu

How to Add "Desktop Background File Location" to Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:16:53 +0000

[...] can get this by a small script created by WinHelpOnline which adds this option to context menu in desktop. This script opens the current wallpaper file’s [...]

By: Scott Beamer

Scott Beamer — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:59:16 +0000

UPDATE: I ran regedit as administrator and used the “import” feature to import the reg file. It’s working like a charm now.

Thanks for sharing this great tweak.

By: Scott Beamer

Scott Beamer — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:53:43 +0000

Ramesh, yes please…and even better, share it with everyone. :) Thanks..

I’m somewhat disappointed that I’m the only one raising this concern….

Just goes to show you how “insecure” most Windows users are…

By: anon

anon — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:59:06 +0000

This particular tweak is incredibly useful. Thanks Ramesh your blog is very helpful. I love your reg/scripted tweaks.

By: Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:44:41 +0000

@Scott: With a little change in the .REG file, you can make it work for limited users as well. Replace HKCR paths with HKCU\Software\Classes, save the file and merge it. And the path to the script file is to be changed as well. I can send one to your mail id if you need it.

By: Scott Beamer

Scott Beamer — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:54:16 +0000

You might want to remind users that making a mod to the registry requires you be logged into an Administrator account…

My regular account has no such rights…..