How to add "Edit with gVim Easy" context menu item in Windows 10

Question

I originally just wanted to change the context menu item:

Edit with Vim

to

Edit with gVim Easy

and adjust the respective command appropriately.

But since I found out, some DLL is responsible on the Wiki, I decided to leave the original item in place and create a new, separate one.

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Requirements to summarize:

• gVim has to be run in Easy mode

• The context menu item should have an icon

• I would like not to define file types, let's make it for all files

Answer 1

Before you do this, ensure you have the right path to the executable on your system!

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It is as easy as saving the following code with minor adjustments for your personal needs into a file with .reg extension and running it, for this you will need administrator privileges:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\gVim]
@="Edit with &gVim Easy"
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\vim81\\gvim.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\gVim\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\vim81\\gvim.exe\" -y \"%1\""

Parsing

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\gVim]

• The asterisk (*) means it applies to all files

• You can name it as you wish, I named it gVim, this won't be visible anywhere

@="Edit with &gVim Easy"

• This on the contrary will be visible in all files' context menu

• You can name it as you wish, just add the ampersand (&) at some place, this will be the context menu keyboard key

"Icon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\vim81\\gvim.exe"

• This is the path to an icon-containing file, which I just wanted there, it is completely optional

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\gVim\command]

• This is self-explanatory sub-menu command

@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\vim81\\gvim.exe\" -y \"%1\""

• Finally the executed command, you may adjust it with or without the easy mode switch (-y)