notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
User Mode Shell Context Menu
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Allow the shell extension handler be installed per user.
This make the users who don't have the administrator permission can use the shell context menu.
Or the context menu can be used in portable version.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the shell extension handler installation entry point and the portable-version packaging path; determine how a per-user installation would work without administrator permission. Done means the context menu works for non-administrator users or in the portable version.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100