Monday, January 21, 2008

Registry: Create Context Menu Item for AppLocale

Creating AppLocale context menu item (right-click menu) for easy access.

To add AppLocale context menu:
1. Start -> Run
2. Type in notepad, and press ENTER
3. Type in the following commands:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Chinese Simplified]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Chinese Simplified\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\AppPatch\\AppLoc.exe \"%1\" \"/L0804\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Chinese Traditional]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Chinese Traditional\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\AppPatch\\AppLoc.exe \"%1\" \"/L0404\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Japanese]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Japanese\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\AppPatch\\AppLoc.exe \"%1\" \"/L0411\""

4. File -> Save As...
5. Type in the filename with .reg extension, e.g. Add_Context_Menu.reg
6. Change Save as type to All Files
7. Double click on the file to insert the context menu

More:
List of Locale IDs and Language Groups



To remove AppLocale context menu:
1. Start -> Run
2. Type in notepad, and press ENTER
3. Type in the following commands:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Chinese Simplified]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Chinese Traditional]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\Locale Japanese]
4. File -> Save As...
5. Type in the filename with .reg extension, e.g. Remove_Context_Menu.reg
6. Change Save as type to All Files
7. Double click on the file to remove the context menu

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