Is there anyway to make the right click context menu work with the portable version of WinMerge?
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It might be possible, however, adding context menu entries requires modifying the registry, which is a non-portable behavior.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
Yeah, your right. I guess i will just have to install the non-portable version for this one.
It would be nice if when you enable it in the options it just wrote the necessary entries to the registry.
If you do enable it, it should write the changes, it just makes it non-portable then because it modifies the registry and creates a direct link to the program
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
Nope, i enabled it and it doesn't show up in the context menu.
Maybe a reboot?
It doesn't load the context menus after reboot either.
In case someone bumps into this thread via a search engine, as I did, adding a WinMerge shortcut to your "SendTo" folder ("C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo") is a reasonable workaround to the above problem. Simply open the folder that contains your WinMergePortable.exe, right-click on the file and "Create shortcut", rename the shortcut as you see fit, then cut-and-paste the shortcut into your "SentTo" folder. To access your "SendTo" folder you need to unhide hidden files and folders first by opening "My Computer", then left-clicking on "Tools" in the Menu Bar, then left-clicking on "Folder Options", then left-clicking on "View", then scrolling down the list and and ticking "Show hidden files, folders, and drives". Now, when highlighting any set of files or folders for comparison in WinMerge, simply right-click on the highlighted files-folders and scroll down the list to "Send to" and select whatever you named the shortcut you created for WinMergePortable.exe.