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The context menus seem to work when I'm selecting a folder, I get the usual play with VLC player and add to VLC playlist etc.

However I don't get this when I'm selecting a media file.

Anyone know how to fix this?

"Open with..."?

There is the open with command but there should really be be a play with VLC context menu for the media files themselves and not just folders. Is there a file I can alter to get that or something?

In Explorer go to Extras>Folder preferences(Dunno if that's the correct english name)>Filetypes. There you can edit how all files are handled. If you want it the easy way, just reinstall VLC and select the file types you want to be opened by default with vlc and then you'll have what you want.

It's not a question of file association, that's all fine.

When a FOLDER is right clicked the following options are given:
Add to VLC's Media Player's Playlist (Whacks the directory to the back of the playlist)
Play VLC Media Player (Plays the directory right away)

When single or multiple media files are right clicked there is just the 'Play' option is available. This will play one of the files automatically, but there is no option to just add it to the end of the playlist.

Twisted_Daemon would you like me to move this to the Feature Request topic? I think that it would be best there.

Yis please : )

or you can enable 'one instance' mode, and that way when you open a file it'll be added to the playlist of the first instance of vlc.

you can choose wether or not it will start playing immediately, or if the file previously playing will continue

I have the one instance option enabled already.

I am aware that in VLC's preferences there is the option to play the file immediately or just add it to the playlist, however I would prefer to choose when I right click the file from a context menu.

It just seems odd to me that the option is available for a directory but not single media files.

The code used for context menus is at:
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/tr ... si.in#L224

if you understand how to fix it, please tell it here

Yis please : )

Let it be written, let it be done.

I think the problem is that VLC writes the shell commands like "Add to playlist" directly into HKCR/{.EXT}/shell
Instead they should go to HKCR/VLC{.EXT}/shell. Shell commands that are directly written into the extensions's key are not interpreted. Only those in the key associated by the default value of the extension's key. And this key does only contain the "Play" command atm.

Fix: I haven't looked at the other parts of the code were the actual VLC.ext entries are written but this fix for the macros should work.

the problem is, VLC{.EXT} only exists when the file type associations are chosen.

Why is that a problem? The other code is also executed only when file type associations are chosen in the setup. But the setup doesn't write the associations correctly.

they are written when Context Menus are chosen, not file type associations

Oh. But anyway I don't see the point in separating contextmenu-entries and file assocations.
If at all you could make contextmenu-entries only chooseable when file associations are selected.

i will send a patch for this over the weekend (i will keep it seperated thou)

Is this the patch you just sent to the mailing list?

yes it is

applied

Thanks for applying the features to the single / multiple file context menu. It's great

However now the context menus don't appear when you select a directory. I was hoping that the context menus were being applied to both.

forgot to test the directories too.
i found the problem, will send the patch tomorrow.

Awesome.

Many thanks

Thank you.

Applied for tomorrow's installer.