Copy and paste the following into a .reg file and change the path to match your system
Double click on the .reg file to insert it into the registry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 | Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe";C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe; This will handle right clicking on a file [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code]@="Edit with VS Code""Icon"="C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code\command]@="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\"" ; This will handle right clicking on a folder and open that folder; as a new project [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode]@="Open Folder as VS Code Project""Icon"="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode\command]@="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\"" ; This handles the case of right clicking inside of a folder; to open that folder as a new project [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode]@="Open Folder as VS Code Project""Icon"="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode\command]@="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%V\""; Open files[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code]@="Edit with VS Code""Icon"="C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe,0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code\command]@="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\""; This will make it appear when you right click ON a folder; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode]@="Open Folder as VS Code Project""Icon"="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode\command]@="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\""; This will make it appear when you right click INSIDE a folder; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode]@="Open Folder as VS Code Project""Icon"="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode\command]@="\"C:\\Users\\JamesMcDonald\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%V\"" |
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