scenario

I have an .msc file associated to a command of a personalized contextmeni item , which is stored in a reg value as a context menu option?.

This is the registry script:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\CPanel.Administrador.de.discos]
@="Administrador de discos"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\CPanel.Administrador.de.discos\command]
@="devmgmt.msc"

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problem

When I click on the contexontextmenu item, absolutelly nothing happens.

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question

How to run an MSC file from registry?

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1 Answer

The problem is that you need to run the *.MSC files as arguments to mmc like this:

 C:\Users\me>mmc C:\Windows\system32\devmgmt.msc

This doesn't work in your registry entries because they are not executables. Here is the updated regedit file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\CPanel.Administrador.de.discos]
@="Administrador de discos"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\CPanel.Administrador.de.discos\command]
@="mmc C:\Windows\system32\devmgmt.msc"

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