WinMenu

Heads up: This project was entirely written by AI (Kiro). It's a fun experiment, not production-ready software. Use it at your own risk.

A simple Windows context menu editor built with Python and Tkinter. Add, edit, and delete right-click actions without touching the registry manually.

by Farhan Ali

Features

• Manage context menu entries for Files, Folders, and Folder Background
• Real-time search and filter
• Backup and restore config as JSON
• Dark mode via sv-ttk
• HiDPI aware

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• Python 3.9+
• Administrator privileges (required to write to the registry)

Run from source

python -m venv venv
.\venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Build standalone EXE

pip install -r requirements-build.txt
.\build.ps1

Output: dist\WinMenu.exe — single file, prompts for elevation on launch.

Registry paths

Tab	Path
Files	HKCR\*\shell
Folders	HKCR\Directory\shell
Background	HKCR\Directory\Background\shell

License

MIT