What you want is something called Shell Extensions
you can find sample code in hte registered vb section of ms
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>I want to enable my vb app to launch and load a file that's selected by >right-clicking the file in Explorer, a la Winzip and others. I believe >ShellExecute is involved, and I'll probably need to pass a commandline >argument, but does anyone have any specifics or code examples?
add explorer file right-click to vb program?