Edit for photos right click context menu gone from Windows 11?

Spartan · Mar 15, 2022

There was a tweak to customize what app opens when you right click a picture and choose edit (not talking about the "Edit with Photos" context menu) in Windows 10

Is there a way to bring this back for Windows 11?

This was the tweak I used in Windows 10 to have it open FastStone Capture for editing photos:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,20,\
  00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,28,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,29,00,5c,00,\
  46,00,61,00,73,00,74,00,53,00,74,00,6f,00,6e,00,65,00,20,00,43,00,61,00,70,\
  00,74,00,75,00,72,00,65,00,5c,00,46,00,53,00,43,00,61,00,70,00,74,00,75,00,\
  72,00,65,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,\
  00

Edwin · Mar 15, 2022

Spartan said:
There was a tweak to customize what app opens when you right click a picture and choose edit (not talking about the "Edit with Photos" context menu) in Windows 10

Is there a way to bring this back for Windows 11?

This was the tweak I used in Windows 10 to have it open FastStone Capture for editing photos:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command] @=hex(2):22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,20,\ 00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,28,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,29,00,5c,00,\ 46,00,61,00,73,00,74,00,53,00,74,00,6f,00,6e,00,65,00,20,00,43,00,61,00,70,\ 00,74,00,75,00,72,00,65,00,5c,00,46,00,53,00,43,00,61,00,70,00,74,00,75,00,\ 72,00,65,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,\ 00

Make the command follow the path of the exe plus add space"%1" to the end.

Spartan · Mar 15, 2022

Edwin said:
Make the command follow the path of the exe plus add space"%1" to the end.

Can you type the full text for me in a code box?

This is the location of the EXE:

C:\Program Files (x86)\FastStone Capture\FSCapture.exe

Edwin · Mar 15, 2022

"C:\Program Files (86)\FastStone Capture\FSCapture.exe" "%1"

Spartan · Mar 15, 2022

Edwin said:
"C:\Program Files (86)\FastStone Capture\FSCapture.exe" "%1"

I mean in the code which I used before, where do I enter the entry which you showed me?

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,20,\
  00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,28,00,78,00,38,00,36,00,29,00,5c,00,\
  46,00,61,00,73,00,74,00,53,00,74,00,6f,00,6e,00,65,00,20,00,43,00,61,00,70,\
  00,74,00,75,00,72,00,65,00,5c,00,46,00,53,00,43,00,61,00,70,00,74,00,75,00,\
  72,00,65,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,\
  00

Edwin · Mar 15, 2022

Spartan said:
I mean in the code which I used before, where do I enter the entry which you showed me?

I haven't a clue how to generate that code!
I just add the path manually...

Spartan · Mar 15, 2022

Edwin said:
I haven't a clue how to generate that code!
I just add the path manually...

View attachment 24388

View attachment 24389

life saver! thanks a lot!

Archigos · Mar 15, 2022

Did you want to add the application (like Edwin showed) or did you want to edit the actual "Edit" command to use a different application?

I created a small tutorial to change "Edit" to use Photoshop, but you can follow the same directions and just use the path to a different photo editor.
Here's the tutorial: A quick tutorial to change default 'edit' for image files.

Spartan · Mar 15, 2022

Archigos said:
Did you want to add the application (like Edwin showed) or did you want to edit the actual "Edit" command to use a different application?

I created a small tutorial to change "Edit" to use Photoshop, but you can follow the same directions and just use the path to a different photo editor.
Here's the tutorial: A quick tutorial to change default 'edit' for image files.

I just wanted the EDIT button which went missing from Windows 11 but thank

Archigos · Mar 15, 2022

Oh, the Edit may be hidden behind the "Show More Options" if you haven't tweaked the context menu to revert to the old style. There's also a tutorial for that on here as well, just don't have the link off hand.

Disable "Show more options" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. When you right click on an item in Windows 11, you will see a new modern condensed context menu with Show more options...

www.elevenforum.com

Spartan · Mar 16, 2022

Archigos said:
Oh, the Edit may be hidden behind the "Show More Options" if you haven't tweaked the context menu to revert to the old style. There's also a tutorial for that on here as well, just don't have the link off hand.

Disable "Show more options" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. When you right click on an item in Windows 11, you will see a new modern condensed context menu with Show more options...

www.elevenforum.com

I always use the classic context menu. The EDIT right click context menu entry has been completely removed in Windows 11 the reg keys are not there. I had to add them manually then only that tweak worked. There is only EDIT WITH PHOTOS by default in Windows 11

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