Tutorials for creating right-click command in powershell

Question

Are there any good resources on programming this for a user account in Windows 8? I would like to use an exe, say 'png2eps.exe' within my system path, and allow for a right-click context to convert a png to an eps file trivially.

The argument is of course the file I'm right clicking on. Kind of like how one can convert a postscript file to pdf using Acrobat Distiller.

Answer 1

That is simple!

Copy your png2eps.exe to system folder(e.g. c:\Windows\ or c:\windows\system32).

After that, create txt file and put in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\shell\png2eps]
@="Convert PNG to EPS now!"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\shell\png2eps\command]
@="png2eps CMD \"%1\""

Where: CMD - cmd switches and options for png2esp. \"%1\" - input file name from shell.

save txt, and change it extension to reg(e.g. before: file.txt after: file.reg). 2click on reg file and import to registry.

Menu item "Convert PNG to EPS now!" you will be see in context menu only if you call it for selected png file(s).