"Open File Location" - Add or Remove from Context Menu

How to Add or Remove "Open File Location" and "Open Folder Location" from the Context Menu​

   Information

This will show you how to add or remove "Open File Location" and "Open Folder Location" from the context menu for all users in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

This is when you right click on a shortcut of a file or folder, or an included library folder.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.

EXAMPLE: "Open File Location" and "Open Folder Location" in Context Menu



Here's How:
1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.

2. To Add "Open File/Folder Location" to Context Menu
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Open_File_Location.reg

Download


3. To Remove "Open File/Folder Location" from Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Open_File_Location.reg

Download


4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to Merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve merging the .reg file.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it
Shawn

 

[cubefred14]

your my angel shawn,, thank you o much..

and also thank you for the quick rply...

big big thanks mann,, which i could hug you to say how thankful i am...

T-H-A-N-K-Y-O-U-S-H-A-W-N

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Fred.

 

[Lateron]

Hi Shawn,
I know I´m a few years late on this but I´ve just found your article about "To Add "Open File/Folder Location" to Context Menu". I wonder if you can tell me how to do the same thing, only for my Windows Task Manager?
From the Applications tab I can go to the correct process but in the process tab on the process just selected, the right click "open file location" does not work (anymore - it did a long time ago). I have scanned my registry but cannot find anything useful on "Taskmanager".

 

[Brink]

Hello Lateron, and welcome to Seven Forums.

I've searched, but so far I'm not able to find a reference for Task Manager in the registry either.

If this has just recently started, then you could do a system restore using a restore point dated before it started to hopefully fix it.

 

[Lateron]

"Open File Location" not working on Task manager

Hello Brink,
I wish it were that simple! No, this problem has been with me for quite a while. I don´t have a clue what caused it. On many occasions I have searched Internet for a solution but have not found one. Everyone just assumes the "open file location" works.
I have looked at my laptop´s register and found many more entries for task manager than on my tower. None of the entries refer to "open file location". What they are for is a mystery for me.

Thanks for your input.

 

[leuce]

Hello

Thanks, the regedit file added "open folder/file location" to my context menu when I right-click a shortcut.

However, I would like to have the option "open file location" when right-clicking a file itself. Is that possible?

This would be useful for me in search programs that present files in a list of results. I know most modern file search programs have the option "open file location" (or similar) in the context menu, but not the program I'm using (Wilbur).

Thanks
Samuel

 

[DarKnight]

Thanks for the tutorial,really helpful !

 

[Brink]

I'm glad it could help DarKnight.