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How to add intellij community edition to right click menu on win 11

How can one add intellij cpmmunity edition to right click menu on win 11?

Copy below code to a bat file and run it in CMD as administrator, before running this command just test from win+r shortcode and paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea64.exeand see if this runs the intellj

 @echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

:: Set the path to your IntelliJ executable using %USERPROFILE%
set "INTELLIJ_PATH=%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition\bin\idea64.exe"

:: Check if running with admin privileges
net session >nul 2>&1
if %errorLevel% neq 0 (
    echo This script requires administrator privileges.
    echo Please run it as an administrator.
    pause
    exit /b 1
)

:: Add IntelliJ to context menu
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\IntelliJ" /ve /d "Open with IntelliJ" /f
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\IntelliJ\command" /ve /d "\"%INTELLIJ_PATH%\" \"%%V\"" /f
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\IntelliJ" /v "Icon" /d "%INTELLIJ_PATH%" /f

echo IntelliJ has been added to the context menu.
echo Please restart File Explorer or your PC for changes to take effect.
pause

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