In Windows 7 you can to add or remove the option open in new window from the right click context menu for all users when you right click on folders or drives in Microsoft Windows 7. A simple registry trick will enable you to do this.
Log in as administrator in your Windows 7 PC to be to do this trick.
Add the option open in new window option in right click context menu in Windows 7
Open Notepad and write this code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\opennewwindow] "MUIVerb"="@shell32.dll,-8517" "MultiSelectModel"="Document" "OnlyInBrowserWindow"="" "LaunchExplorerFlags"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\opennewwindow\command] "DelegateExecute"="{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}" |
Now, save the file from Notepad’s File > Save menu with any name you like, say Add open window option.reg and do not forget to change the file type to All files from Text documents from drop down menu as we already said in other tutorials.
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Just double click the file and accept all the security prompts to get the option.
How to remove this option or revert to default?
Very easy. Just create a registry file with notepad again, just add a minus sign before the HKEY starts; i.e. [-HKEY_CLASS... keep others as before. Save the file like above and run it and you will get rid of the option.
Here are both registry files for your convenience, just click to download and use them.
