My scenario is this:
I installed Google's Antigravity editor (AI programming tool),
and checked the option to add "Open with Antigravity" action to the Windows Explorer file context menu
However, the right-click menu was not added successfully. I never got the right-click menu I wanted, which frustrated me and made it very uncomfortable to use.
Without the right-click menu, it can still be used by employing this trick:
Drag and drop the folder onto the Antigravity software icon on the desktop, and you can open the folder. This also works as a makeshift solution.
But this is the AI era, and there are no problems that AI cannot solve. After asking ChatGPT, it was resolved in no time.
Manually add the mouse right-click menu to solve the issue where the software installation checked the right-click menu option but failed to add it successfully.
Register: Right-click context menu for 'the folder itself' to open with Antigravity:
👉 Open CMD command line as administrator and execute: (do not use PowerShell)
👉 Open CMD command line as administrator and execute: (do not use PowerShell)
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Antigravity" /ve /d "Open with Antigravity" /f
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Antigravity\command" /ve /d "\"C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Antigravity\Antigravity.exe\" \"%1\"" /f
If you want to use it by right-clicking in the empty space of a folder (optional), (do not use PowerShell)
Open the CMD command line as administrator and execute these two lines:
Open the CMD command line as administrator and execute these two lines:
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Antigravity" /ve /d "Open with Antigravity" /f
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Antigravity\command" /ve /d "\"C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Antigravity\Antigravity.exe\" \"%V\"" /f
Key Points:
1. Open CMD command line as administrator, do not use PowerShell
2. Replace the username in the command with your own username
1. Open CMD command line as administrator, do not use PowerShell
2. Replace the username in the command with your own username
With this, my Windows 11 right-click menu issue has been resolved.