Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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o7blue
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Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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The one thing I miss most from the explorer right click drag menu is quick access to the 7-zip. Is there any way to that menu without having to go through "shell context menu"? I use this very often so having this completely unnecessary step is very annoying. And if I disable 'Configuration | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Context Menus | Custom drag and drop context menu' then I cannot use custom copy. All copy/move operations will invoke the regular explorer copy window, even if I have custom copy checked on. How can I have both custom copy, and quick 7-zip menu?
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jupe
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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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Ctrl+Drag will give you the opposite menu of what is set in config for the option you mentioned.

o7blue
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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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That's neat, any way I could set that as the default behavior when right click dragging? Seems a good use for 'custom event actions' but no category for right clicking there.

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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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Not sure what you mean, changing the setting swaps between each menu as the default and Ctrl switches on the fly. What do you want to be different?

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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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jupe wrote: 16 Apr 2021 05:00 changing the setting swaps between each menu as the default
Which setting is that? I'd rather have the menu I use more often as the first, and right now to get to that menu I have to hold ctrl.

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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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The setting you mentioned in your original post, as I said in my reply.

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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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So disabling that setting breaks custom copy, is that a bug? Seems like weird behavior anyway.

Unless I could add 7-zip to the custom right click menu? Is that possible?

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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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You asked how to make the other menu the default and I so have told you how, it doesn't "break" Custom Copy, it gives you the Shell Context Menu which copies using the Shell. No you can't add 7-zip to the XY context menu.

o7blue
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Re: Missing items from right click drag menu (7-zip)

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Well, that's a shame. Guess I'll have to get used to the added input. Seems like bad design though, if I want full integration with my installed applications I need to forgo custom copy.

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