Set icon for custom right-click context menu item for all desktop shortcuts (windows explorer)

Question

I learned how to add an item to the right-click context menu, but I would like to add an icon too. I tested adding a value Icon to the key (imagine that the key is HKCL\lnkfile\shell\MY COMMAND\command, I added the icon value to HKCL\lnkfile\shell\MY COMMAND) but it doesn't work, I put the path to the icon inside it but it's 32x32, maybe is that the problem maybe no... do someone know how to add an icon to my menu item?

Thanks for any answer

Answer 1

This might be a long shot, but try creating a String value named "Icon" under the HKCL\lnkfile\shell\MY COMMAND key, and then set the value to the path to your icon (e.g. C:\Program Files\Your Program\YourProgram.exe,0), assuming your icons are embedded in whatever application you specified to run in your command.