Multiple "open" in context menu for shortcut in start menu.

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I have a c++ application for which I am creating shortcuts at Start menu & Desktop. But the problem appears when the user right clicks on the shortcut present in start menu.Multiple "open" are coming there while in case of desktop it is coming as intended(Like open,properties..).Any thoughts?

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As the code for creation of context menus is same for both I dont think its something related to code.This is done with using CreateMenu shell function.

Posted 11-Jun-16 20:49pm

DSomesh

Updated 11-Jun-16 23:29pm

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Richard MacCutchan 12-Jun-16 3:19am

You need to provide more details about your code and how it is handling the clicks. We cannot guess what is happening.

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2016-06-11T23:29:00

The menu entries are stored in the registry or are created dynamically using shell extensions.

Because the behaviour differs for the start menu and the desktop, it seems that the second option applies here. So you should check where you define the menu items (e.g. a setup program that creates registry entries for static menu items and your code that uses shell extensions).

There are free utilities to show and edit context menu items: ShellMenuView - Disable/enable context menu items of Explorer[^] and ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows[^]. These might help to identify where you add the additional items.