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I don't know if you guys noticed this but when you select over 15 items in Windows Explorer, the Shell context menu gets cut to 4 or 5 items.
Here is an example:
Another example, I've written my own libraries of registry hacks that I keep in reg files and as soon as I select more than 15 reg files, the merge option goes away. Now I know I can merge .reg files from command prompt using a wild card but I'd rather use the GUI as I can fine tune which reg file I want to merge more easily.
Is there anyway of preventing this behavior? A registry hack of sort? A ResourceHack? If not, is there some way of edit the 15+ context menu to add items I need?
thebunnyrules
Posted 2017-02-11T02:00:08.833
Reputation: 510
Interesting. For what it's worth, this doesn't seem to happen on Windows 10 no matter how many files I select. – Ben N – 2017-02-11T02:08:43.750
That's intersting. I'm in 7, maybe MS changed this in later editions. Unfortunately. I'm not really planning to "upgrade" as I don't really trust anything MS has put out after 2014 (that's when Satya Nadella became their CEO and they went down the spyware and data mining path). – thebunnyrules – 2017-02-11T02:28:51.540
3Windows 10 was being worked on before Nadella became CEO – Ramhound – 2017-02-11T03:59:36.573
To clarify, you "don't really trust anything MS has put out after 2014", and yet the Windows client operating system that was released since then doesn't exhibit the behavior you dislike. You don't find that a bit ironic? We could start a lengthy discussion regarding that paranoia behind the alleged "spyware and data mining" in Windows, but I suspect that it would fall on deaf ears. If you want to solve your problem, upgrade to Windows 10 and lock-down your privacy settings. It's just that simple. – Run5k – 2017-02-11T05:41:54.223
1Context Menu Items Missing When More than 15 files Are Selected - Registry edit. – w32sh – 2017-02-11T05:52:09.210