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if I right click a media file, I have various "play in..." , "play with" options for other players.

is it possible to have one for VLC - do I have to do this myself via a registry hack & if so will someone kindle post the "for dummies" instructions for that - thanks

I appreciate that i can go via open with... then select VLC but that is not so good.

Ideally I would like 2 right clicks - one for play , & one for enqueue (AKA add to playlist) - like the ones for zoom player & WMP

It should be there if you have used the installer.

It should be there if you have used the installer.

well I must have used the installer - how else could the program be installed ???

I have v 2.04 installed - win 7 SP1 64 bit
but it's not there. either I missed an option or have done something to lose it.

what i usually do with new version is
1. back up app data
2. install - without remove ing old version
3. replace previous app data

I will check my other PC when it is next on, see if I ahve the right clikc options there.

any way to fix this without a re-install ?

UPDATE - FAIL

I installed 2.07 as per my 3 step process above. I made sure that context menus was ticked in the install options. I allowed the installer to remove 2.0.4

still no "play with VLC" on right click menu

so unless it's going to appear after next reboot, there's a problem .

I Know that I've edited right click shell stuff with the NirSoft shellex and shellmenu utilities,recently; but even if I'd accidentally removed this entry at some point surely the new install should re-instate it ?

checked registry also, no obvious VLC entries
Start>Run>regedit
Look under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

NB went through it all again - same result -
i do now see "play with VLC" when I right click a FOLDER, but not when I right click a media file ???

can it be made to appear at file level ?

well I must have used the installer - how else could the program be installed ???

it will work even without installation

well to summarise, v2.0.7 is now installed.

right click "play with VLC" option appears at folder level but not when I right click a single media file.

is that how it should be , or what ?