Explorer context menu integration doesn't appear

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WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

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Explorer context menu integration doesn't appear #2201

Open GadembDreadFire opened 5 months ago

GadembDreadFire commented 5 months ago

Is it issue or feature that WinMerge doesn't appear to context menu until started once? Installed by system account. OS is Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC

sdottaka commented 5 months ago

If the user who installed WinMerge and the user who executes it are different, WinMerge will not be displayed in the Explorer context menu unless WinMerge is started once.

This is because the first time you start WinMerge, a registry key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\ContextMenuEnabled) is created to determine whether to display the WinMerge menu in the Explorer context menu.