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.exe
and 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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