Right click option

[merc68]

Be so very nice to be able to right click on a folder and play and entire cd with having to go into it

[Dreadlau]

Yes. I find it strange that it's possible to do it with files but not with folders.

So if you want to play all the songs in a folder you have to open it and select all tracks. That's not convinient.

[Macarena]

Yes. I find it strange that it's possible to do it with files but not with folders.

So if you want to play all the songs in a folder you have to open it and select all tracks. That's not convinient.

What are you talking about? Is this connected with a certain OS or with MM? Where are folders in MM?

[Macarena]

I see. The folder right-click menu (http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... highlight=).

A temporary workaround: Execute a file .reg with this contain:

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code removed, see below and copy entries you are interested in

I do no take any responsibility for misuse of and chaos made by the above code. I'm using WinXP Prof SP2 and I wrote the keys by hand using regedit.exe and tried it on my own risk. Good luck!

[Dreadlau]

Thanks Macarena. Works well.

Please could you create a reg to "play next" a folder.
That would be very kind.

Also do you know how to make this work for folders containing sub-folders?

Thanks in advance

[Macarena]

Please could you create a reg to "play next" a folder.
That would be very kind.

You are welcome!

This seems to be working for me, but again the usual disclaimer bla-bla:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open with MediaMonkey]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open with MediaMonkey\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\MediaMonkey\\MediaMonkey.exe" "%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PlayNext in MediaMonkey]
@="Play &next in MediaMonkey"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PlayNext in MediaMonkey\Command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\MediaMonkey\\MediaMonkey.exe" /NEXT "%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Enqueue in MediaMonkey]
@="Play &last in MediaMonkey"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Enqueue in MediaMonkey\Command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\MediaMonkey\\MediaMonkey.exe" /ADD "%1""

Note1: if you already used the previous entry from above then you exclude the first two registry entries from this script, otherwise you can have doubled "play" option.

Note2: that there can be a collision with other reg entries, and cleaning the right-click menu is only by removing the entry from registries manually. Good luck!

Note3: If this does not work for subdirectories, then I guess MM does not read them, MM just ignore them while they are not files. I do not think this is fixable using registry.

BTW: I tried to so make it look nice in the menu, like groupping, but Im not able to do it, maybe sb else... Have a nice weekend!

[Dreadlau]

Mmm doesn't work with me.

It only ads one element(Mediamonkey.exe) to the context menu.

When I click on it, iI get an error.

[Macarena]

Mmm doesn't work with me.

It only ads one element(Mediamonkey.exe) to the context menu.

When I click on it, iI get an error.

Sorry for the inconvenience. You were just tooooo quick. I realised my mistake - and the code above was corrected. If you want to get rid of "MediaMonkey.exe" entry you have to locate

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\

and delete that entry with other keys in that branch.

[Dreadlau]

Wow. Well done. That works fantastic!

Thanks a lot. I think it will help a lot of users.





Have a nice weekend too.

[spacekris]

WTF!

this is SO easy, thanks, after all these years drag&dropping .

@mm3 dev team: make this please a manual option in the configs!

[DaveStewart]

Excellent! Are there any options to add this to a submenu?

[Macarena]

Excellent! Are there any options to add this to a submenu?

I don't know how to do it. I think you should post your query to the developers. They included the feature above into the official MM releases. M

[NumYummy]

Please could you create a reg to "play next" a folder.
That would be very kind.

You are welcome!

This seems to be working for me, but again the usual disclaimer bla-bla:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open with MediaMonkey]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open with MediaMonkey\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\MediaMonkey\\MediaMonkey.exe" "%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PlayNext in MediaMonkey]
@="Play &next in MediaMonkey"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PlayNext in MediaMonkey\Command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\MediaMonkey\\MediaMonkey.exe" /NEXT "%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Enqueue in MediaMonkey]
@="Play &last in MediaMonkey"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Enqueue in MediaMonkey\Command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\MediaMonkey\\MediaMonkey.exe" /ADD "%1""

Note1: if you already used the previous entry from above then you exclude the first two registry entries from this script, otherwise you can have doubled "play" option.

Note2: that there can be a collision with other reg entries, and cleaning the right-click menu is only by removing the entry from registries manually. Good luck!

Note3: If this does not work for subdirectories, then I guess MM does not read them, MM just ignore them while they are not files. I do not think this is fixable using registry.

BTW: I tried to so make it look nice in the menu, like groupping, but Im not able to do it, maybe sb else... Have a nice weekend!

I'm running Vista Home Premium and using this code didn't work automatically for me. Copying that and running it as a .reg file did create the keys, but it didn't put the commands into the command keys, so I had to do that manually. At that point, it worked. As far as the grouping of commands, I was able to achieve that by simply renaming the keys so that they were side by side in regedit (i.e. "MediaMonkey (enqueue)" "MediaMonkey (play next)" "MediaMonkey (play now)"). Now, it works like a charm, except for the problem in Note3 above. I still don't know how to make it recurse the subdirectories! Thanks for the head start, Macarena. Hope this helps everyone!

P.s. I have foobar as my default mp3 player and so I just created similar keys in the foobar2000.MP3 key to achieve the same effect on individual files.

[Macarena]

Hmm, I don't/didn't have chance to try it on Vista. Good that you managed so well

I do not understand that thing with "they were side by side in regedit". Could you please export those particular registers or make a screenshot, please? That subset in the menu is a very nice solution, I think. M

I'm running Vista Home Premium and using this code didn't work automatically for me. Copying that and running it as a .reg file did create the keys, but it didn't put the commands into the command keys, so I had to do that manually. At that point, it worked. As far as the grouping of commands, I was able to achieve that by simply renaming the keys so that they were side by side in regedit (i.e. "MediaMonkey (enqueue)" "MediaMonkey (play next)" "MediaMonkey (play now)"). Now, it works like a charm, except for the problem in Note3 above. I still don't know how to make it recurse the subdirectories! Thanks for the head start, Macarena. Hope this helps everyone!

[Arsole]

Hi,

I have been on with this problem for almost three quarters of my life! Well it seems that long.

After many moons of tweaking this, deleting that, Sandbox-Portable-ing the other and editing the registry, I finally figured it out.
In MediaMonkey, go to; Tools | Options | General,
un-check "Re-associate File Types on startup (recommended)",
Problem solved.

If an association problem occurs, check the box restart and uncheck.

Hope this is useful.

cya

John

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