whats the best way to make a rightclick Menu entry

[MCT]

i wanna make an option when i right click a folder/file to "Backup" which will involve sending it to a mapped network drive , but whats the best way 2 do this, i dont want a cmd window popping up, maybe an inf?

[totoymola]

INF can do it, but you can always use a batch file compiled to an exe. I use Quick Batch File Compiler, which has a "Ghost" feature so no CMD window will pop up. 100% silent.

[MCT]

ill check it out, i want some kinda progress bar tho, so i can see whats going on, but i dont want the uglieness of the batch file

[totoymola]

Hmm.. I don't know if you can make a progress bar with batch files. I don't know how to.

[MCT]

thats why i was wondering about infs

but im not sure how 2 do the copy command in infs so it wont prompt to overwrite files (/Y for cmd files)

[Shotgun]

Not sure about INFs but this REG file could do what you need:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Backup\command]
@="cmd.exe /q /c copy /y \"%1\"\\*.* path-to-mapped-drive"

INF would be? (wild guess)

HKCR, "Directory\shell\Backup\", "command", 0, "cmd.exe /q /c copy /y \"%1\"\\*.* path-to-mapped-drive"

[MCT]

hey

thx for the suggestion, but even with your way, it doesnt copy the full directory over, it copies the contents of the directory to Y:\ , anyway 2 make it still have the directory name intact?

without using move instead..

[totoymola]

How about the "move" command?

[MCT]

read above

[totoymola]

Hahahaha!!!! Sorry MCT. I wasn't reading everything.

[Shotgun]

What about xcopy /E ?

[MCT]

it copies all folders WITHIN the folder,

example:

if it was

Software

--Games

--Downloads

--Other

was the directory structure

Y:\ would have

-Games

-Downloads

-Other in the root of Y:\

[MCT]

any1 got any other suggestions?