PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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MBaas
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PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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There is an option to Shift-Rightclick a file in explorer and the context menu then includes the option "Unlock with File Locksmith". Is there a chance to somehow make that possible for XY's contextmenu or set up a CFA to do this?
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Re: PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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There is no info about your XY version
but in the x64 version, the context menu entry is shown.
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Re: PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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I'm on 64, too.
Did you press Shift to get it? (I tried both)

Here's XY's contextmenu vs. explorer's:
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Re: PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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MBaas wrote: 22 Oct 2025 11:19 I'm on 64, too.
Did you press Shift to get it? (I tried both)

Here's XY's contextmenu vs. explorer's:
No, I didn't press any key while opening the context menu.
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Re: PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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I can only speculate. Perhaps some shell extensions are hard-tied to File Explorer. Got any other 3rd party file manager to check?

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Re: PowerToys File Locksmith & context menu

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No problem here to see the Locksmith entry in the context menu of XY.
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