Adding to Context menu via .reg file

iLikeWaffles

Hey quick question for you's.

I want to add SpaceSniffer to the windows context menu but just want to make sure I am doing it right. The last time I tried it, it did not work. Recently had to delete the windows software distribution folder due to updates being stuck at checking for updates now my SSD is almost full again after it successfully installed 204mb of security updates.

SpaceSniffer copied to the SSD is not only really fast at scanning for what's using GB's in what folders but also very useful and really cool to look at. It would be very handy having it in the context menu and there is a tutorial on how to do it from the website here as I said the last time I tried it, it failed to update the registry here's what I'm doing.


New notepad text doc with notepad++. copied the reg edit from the site, copied the address folder for spacesniffer location, inserted address in text doc. saved as per instruction.

Highlighted replaced!


Do I need to have SpaceSniffer in the public folder?

Is there a better easier way to put SpaceSniffer in context menu?
Shortcut to context menu folder??

Make sure that you use the double backslash, so if the path to the executable is C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe then you need to put C:\\Program Files\\SpaceSniffer.exe in the reg file. A single \ isn't processed correctly in a value.

iLikeWaffles

I thought that alright. Will try it later on when I get time!

iLikeWaffles

Karsini wrote: »

Make sure that you use the double backslash, so if the path to the executable is C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe then you need to put C:\\Program Files\\SpaceSniffer.exe in the reg file. A single \ isn't processed correctly in a value.

That did it alright thanks. But its throwing back an error "C:\ Application not found

Any idea?

Put the path in quotation marks, the white space between Program and Files confuses it.

iLikeWaffles

Karsini wrote: »

Put the path in quotation marks, the white space between Program and Files confuses it.

"C:\ProgramFiles\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1" or "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1"

"C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1"

iLikeWaffles

Karsini wrote: »

"C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1"

Nope, no joy address is correct.

ItHurtsWhenIP

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

"C:\ProgramFiles\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1" or "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1"

Karsini wrote: »

"C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" "%1"

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Nope, no joy address is correct.

I won't claim to be an expert, but did you forget the scan parameter?


So maybe this will work:
"C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" scan "%1"

iLikeWaffles

ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »

I won't claim to be an expert, but did you forget the scan parameter?


So maybe this will work:
"C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" scan "%1"

Added that to the value data still getting C:\ error. Will try redo it tomorrow. Will check to see if running as admin will do anything doubt it as it can not see where the .exe is?!

CatInABox

Actually, I'd try removing the parameters altogether. That way, it's just trying to resolve the address, if that works, then problem lies in the parameters. It'll only start the program, and won't scan anything, but it'll be progress.

Also, I know that this is going to either be extraordinarily simple, or extraordinarily insulting, but is SpaceSniffer definitely on the C drive? Sorry if you've already made sure!

iLikeWaffles

CatInABox wrote: »

Actually, I'd try removing the parameters altogether. That way, it's just trying to resolve the address, if that works, then problem lies in the parameters. It'll only start the program, and won't scan anything, but it'll be progress.

Also, I know that this is going to either be extraordinarily simple, or extraordinarily insulting, but is SpaceSniffer definitely on the C drive? Sorry if you've already made sure!

It is on c drive - C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.

The only other thing I did was delete the .reg file which was saved to the desktop. I would have thought it's not needed once the command is run no? But I could be wrong!


I would rarely use SpaceSniffer only if any drives are in the red. But its handy to know how to add a program parameter to the context menu. Wrecking the head at this stage! It's not going to defeat me....


Edit: Oh and I'm using notepad++

Just a thought, is the file located at "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" or "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer\SpaceSniffer.exe"? The latter would sound more correct to me, unless it was manually put there.

iLikeWaffles

Karsini wrote: »

Just a thought, is the file located at "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer.exe" or "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer\SpaceSniffer.exe"? The latter would sound more correct to me, unless it was manually put there.

I copied the folder into program files there's no install for it. Will try "C:\Program Files\SpaceSniffer\SpaceSniffer.exe"


Ah progress. That did it, Yessss!

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Scan_with_SpaceSniffer]
@="Scan with SpaceSniffer"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Scan_with_SpaceSniffer\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\SpaceSniffer\\SpaceSniffer.exe scan \"%1\""

It's only scanning sys32 on c drive though scans other drives correctly.

iLikeWaffles

Right.


Content.IE5 folder contains a 1.3GB video. In AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low. How that even get on my computer? I watched the video on YouTube which streamed it from their server why lord would it place it on my machine?

CatInABox

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Right.


Content.IE5 folder contains a 1.3GB video. In AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low. How that even get on my computer? I watched the video on YouTube which streamed it from their server why lord would it place it on my machine?

Streaming something still means that it's got to get onto your computer before it's sent to your screen.

Great that you got it working.

iLikeWaffles

CatInABox wrote: »

Streaming something still means that it's got to get onto your computer before it's sent to your screen.

Great that you got it working.

It was a 8 min single video file .mp4 when I played it to see what it was it was piss poor quality too. 1.3gb it wouldn't even be 1.3 on the server! Seriously?!:eek:

CatInABox

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

It was a 8 min single video file .mp4 when I played it to see what it was it was piss poor quality too. 1.3gb it wouldn't even be 1.3 on the server! Seriously?!:eek:

Haha, something has gone horribly wrong somewhere then!

iLikeWaffles

CatInABox wrote: »

Haha, something has gone horribly wrong somewhere then!

Sure is no wonder most of the c drive space is gone! Ccleaner didn't even delete that stuff! Hate running Ccleaner because it turns itself on at startup now and deletes website data of favorites even though its set to preserve favorites.

Alun

I regularly see several 10's or even 100's of GB of utter crap in the various "temporary" file locations in Windows PC's I get to clean up. I don't think MS or most app developers really understand the meaning of the word "temporary" any more

iLikeWaffles

Alun wrote: »

I regularly see several 10's or even 100's of GB of utter crap in the various "temporary" file locations in Windows PC's I get to clean up. I don't think MS or most app developers really understand the meaning of the word "temporary" any more

Yep true. NVidia are probably the worst for it. Every driver update for game optimizes it adds 400mb onto your pc for drivers. Almost weekly for new games coming out!

Alun

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Sure is no wonder most of the c drive space is gone! Ccleaner didn't even delete that stuff! Hate running Ccleaner because it turns itself on at startup now and deletes website data of favorites even though its set to preserve favorites.

You can turn off the auto startup feature in Options > Settings inside CCleaner.

iLikeWaffles

Alun wrote: »

You can turn off the auto startup feature in Options > Settings inside CCleaner.

Nope that's not what I mean. Each and every time you run it, it adds itself to start up programs. upon your next start up it will start. You can't even use its own start up tool to disable it from starting up have to do it through msconfig and restart to disable it from starting up again. That began a few CC updates ago.

:mad::(

Alun

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Nope that's not what I mean. Each and every time you run it, it adds itself to start up programs. upon your next start up it will start. You can't even use its own start up tool to disable it from starting up have to do it through msconfig and restart to disable it from starting up again. That began a few CC updates ago.:(:mad::(

Not on my machine it doesn't. I can't quite follow what's going on on the screengrab of yours, but you appear to be trying to disable it in Tools > Startup which won't work.

There's a specific option in Options > Settings called "Run CCleaner when the computer starts" that will override any changes you make in Tools > Startup (or indeed msconfig or any other tool to modify startup programs) every time you start it up. Just uncheck that and all should be well.

Additionally, under Options > Monitoring you can specifically disable System Monitoring only if you want to just disable that.

iLikeWaffles

Alun wrote: »

Not on my machine it doesn't. I can't quite follow what's going on on the screengrab of yours, but you appear to be trying to disable it in Tools > Startup which won't work.

There's a specific option in Options > Settings called "Run CCleaner when the computer starts" that will override any changes you make in Tools > Startup (or indeed msconfig or any other tool to modify startup programs) every time you start it up. Just uncheck that and all should be well.

Additionally, under Options > Monitoring you can specifically disable System Monitoring only if you want to just disable that.

No it doesn't, it is supposed to, but it doesn't. Even when its unchecked it will still turn itself on to start when you start your computer every time I open the program. I have startup disabled for the program in the options. Showed in a different .gif recording but I had to do it quicker (upload space) and just forgot to look.

The .gif shows me disabling it every time I open and in fact shows that its disabled in msconfig when ccleaner disables it that doesn't usually happen murphy's law when I recorded!


It should not be turning on: run ccleaner when pc starts every time it is opened!

Alun

Nowhere in that GIF are you going anywhere near the Options > Settings menu, all I can see is you disabling it under Tools > Startup which won't work if you still have auto startup enabled in Options > Settings.

All you are currently doing is effectively removing a registry entry that causes CCleaner to start up when the PC is started up. When you start up CCleaner manually, it looks at it's settings and says "Hey, this guy has autostart enabled in the settings but the registry entry has been deleted, I'll recreate it for him."

iLikeWaffles

Alun wrote: »

Nowhere in that GIF are you going anywhere near the Options > Settings menu, all I can see is you disabling it under Tools > Startup which won't work if you still have auto startup enabled in Options > Settings.

All you are currently doing is effectively removing a registry entry that causes CCleaner to start up when the PC is started up. When you start up CCleaner manually, it looks at it's settings and says "Hey, this guy has autostart enabled in the settings but the registry entry has been deleted, I'll recreate it for him."

Great job not reading what I posted!

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

No it doesn't, it is supposed to, but it doesn't. Even when its unchecked it will still turn itself on to start when you start your computer every time I open the program. I have startup disabled for the program in the options. Showed in a different .gif recording but I had to do it quicker (upload space) and just forgot to look.

The .gif shows me disabling it every time I open and in fact shows that its disabled in msconfig when ccleaner disables it that doesn't usually happen murphy's law when I recorded!


It should not be turning on: run ccleaner when pc starts every time it is opened!

In fact what it is doing to put it your words "Hey, this guy has autostart disabled in the settings and he doesn't want it to startup, I'll create it for him."


I went to the trouble of updated to latest version and it is still doing the same thing!

Fysh

I used Sysinternals Autoruns to force CCleaner not to run on startup, because I found the same behaviour iLikeWaffles has described - it's not supposed to run automatically on startup if you have that setting disabled, but it still does (or at least it was doing on my machine).

iLikeWaffles

Fysh wrote: »

I used Sysinternals Autoruns to force CCleaner not to run on startup, because I found the same behaviour iLikeWaffles has described - it's not supposed to run automatically on startup if you have that setting disabled, but it still does (or at least it was doing on my machine).

Since the look of it changed around w10 time, What ever update it was, that has been happening. That and the constant notifications make me not want to use it and its a shame because it used to be great software now its just annoying!

Alun

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Great job not reading what I posted!

Hey, no need to get so hostile, I'm only trying to help, and going by the posting and editing times, the mention of the other gif showing you going into the options menu sneaked in while you were editing your post and I was typing my reply. Also the gif is whizzing by a bit fast so it's not that easy to follow what's going on.

Anyway, looking more closely it looks like it's CCleaner Monitoring that you have enabled in the startup section of the Tools menu. You can disable all monitoring, System Monitoring and Active Monitoring, whatever the difference is, in Options > Monitoring.

iLikeWaffles

Alun wrote: »

Hey, no need to get so hostile, I'm only trying to help, and going by the posting and editing times, the mention of the other gif showing you going into the options menu sneaked in while you were editing your post and I was typing my reply. Also the gif is whizzing by a bit fast so it's not that easy to follow what's going on.

Anyway, looking more closely it looks like it's CCleaner Monitoring that you have enabled in the startup section of the Tools menu. You can disable all monitoring, System Monitoring and Active Monitoring, whatever the difference is, in Options > Monitoring.

I'm not getting hostile at all. If you can't observe what's posted or what is happening in the .gif don't reply as it might lead some sort of misunderstanding. You're wrong again it didn't sneak in anywhere. The edit time was me adding the .gif but I really don't need to explain myself so have a good day.

Alun

OK, so maybe you didn't sneak that bit in, I don't recall seeing it the first time I read it, maybe I simply overlooked it, it happens, get over it, we're not all perfect.

Anyway, did you check the Monitoring section in Settings as suggested?