Regedit - Add Open in VSCode Insiders to Explorer Context Menu

Source: Adds ‘Open in VS Code - Insiders’ to context menu in Windows Explorer. (github.com)

Adds the following context menu items:

• Open Folder as VS Code Insiders Project (for clicking on a folders background in explorer)
• Open Folder as VS Code Insiders Project (for clicking on a folder directly)
• Edit with VS Code Insiders (for clicking on a file directly)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; ----------------------------------------------------------
; Open Folders (Background)
; ----------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\VSCodeInsiders]
@="Open Folder as VS Code Insiders Project"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\jimmy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\VSCodeInsiders\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\jimmy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe\" \"%V\""

; ----------------------------------------------------------
; Open Folders (Normal)
; ----------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\VSCodeInsiders]
@="Open Folder as VS Code Insiders Project"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\jimmy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\VSCodeInsiders\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\jimmy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe\" \"%1\""

; ----------------------------------------------------------
; Open File
; ----------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\VSCodeInsiders]
@="Edit with VS Code Insiders"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\jimmy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\VSCodeInsiders\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\jimmy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\Code - Insiders.exe\" \"%1\""

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Appendix: Links

• Code
• Development
• Registry
• Windows Registry Hacks
• 2-Areas/Code/Windows Registry/Regedit - Export Saved Registry Favorites
• RegEdit - Customizing Windows Explorer Context Menu
• PowerShell - Extract Icon from EXE
• Working with the Registry from PowerShell
• CMD - Restart Explorer and Start Menu

Backlinks:

list from [[Regedit - Add Open in VSCode Insiders to Explorer Context Menu]] AND -"Changelog"