{"id":698,"date":"2022-03-06T20:48:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T04:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2022-03-11T20:39:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T04:39:48","slug":"new-installaware-x15-with-context-menu-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"New! InstallAware X15 with Context Menu Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Install<strong>Aware X15<\/strong> is launching on March 25th! Take a look at what we&#8217;ve been brewing for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; Context Menu Bridge:<\/strong> Those of you who have been with us for a long time will recall our slogan &#8220;Windows Installer without Rocket Science&#8221;. Well, <strong>context menus for the new Windows 11 File Explorer are a new breed of rocket science<\/strong>. Worry not, as our engineers worked day and night to help you cheat fate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; Zero Recompile:<\/strong> Easily <strong>carry over<\/strong> your existing Windows File Explorer context menus (<strong>IContextMenu objects<\/strong>) <strong>to the new<\/strong> Windows 11 File Explorer (<strong>IExplorerCommand objects<\/strong>) with absolutely zero code changes &#8211; <strong>not even so much as a recompile<\/strong>! Port anything from a single menu to multiple cascaded menus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; Sparse MSIX Package Generation and (Un)Registration:<\/strong> That&#8217;s a mouthful, right? Well, we did warn you this was a bit of rocket science, didn&#8217;t we! While context menu registration is no longer as easy as just writing to the registry, we generate the necessary &#8220;sparse MSIX packages&#8221; for you, and register them too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; Native Access to the Top Menu:<\/strong> The end-result? All your legacy context menu items now show on the new Windows 11 File Explorer at the top level, without your end-users having to click that pesky &#8220;Show more options&#8221; item, or having to use Windows 11 hacks disabling the new context menu altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8211; Nothing Left Behind:<\/strong> Even if your existing menus have their own submenus, we flatten them out for you. Are they already grouped under a single parent menu item? We take care of that too. Are they invoked for only particular file types? Magically works, no gripes! <strong>Of course, we launch your native actions upon clicks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only Install<strong>Aware X15<\/strong> ports 100% of your existing right-click menus, <strong>preserving 100% of your originally coded dynamic menu item captions<\/strong> and invocation behavior; seamlessly working around any new limitations introduced by Windows 11&#8217;s new IExplorerCommand based implementation approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, at Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> &#8211; we&#8217;re all about taking the rocket science out of your work &#8211; letting you concentrate on the actual fun bits for a change!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New InstallAware X15 is launching on March 25th! Take a look at what we&#8217;ve been brewing for you: &#8211; Context Menu Bridge: Those of you who have been with us for a long time will recall our slogan &#8220;Windows Installer without Rocket Science&#8221;. Well, context menus for the new Windows 11 File Explorer are a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=698\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New! 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