Bugs item #1873590, was opened at 2008-01-17 05:09
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Submitted By: Peer Sommerlund (peso)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: TortoiseHg menu not present on desktop

Initial Comment:
THG Version 0.2

The context menu on the desktop does not display the TortoiseHG sub-menu. 

The menu is displayed inside other folders, even inside folders on the desktop.

I.e. for user foo with a folder bar on the desktop:
C:\Documents and Settings\foo\ -- displays menu

C:\Documents and Settings\foo\Desktop\ -- does not display menu

C:\Documents and Settings\foo\Desktop\bar\ -- displays menu

This is true for the background desktop, as well as for a Windows Explorer 
session that browses the desktop.

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>Comment By: Steve Borho (sborho)
Date: 2009-03-05 01:41

Message:
moved to bb

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Comment By: TK Soh (tksoh)
Date: 2008-03-17 04:55

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> It's just going to require out-of-the-folder thinking. There's
definitely
> a way to insert a contextual menu there--you just can't expect to add
it
> like you would to a normal file object.

Do you have any web resources on this issue?


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Comment By: Ted Pavlic (neodore)
Date: 2008-03-15 14:46

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I don't think that's a "discrepancy." When you right-click on the Desktop
*folder*, the "Properties" does not bring up the Display properties.
However, that's exactly what happens when you right-click on the *Desktop*
(not the folder).

Windows just doesn't view the desktop as a folder. This is one of the
reasons why Windows doesn't act like you might expect when you do things
like moving the Desktop folder while the Explorer is running.

It's just going to require out-of-the-folder thinking. There's definitely
a way to insert a contextual menu there--you just can't expect to add it
like you would to a normal file object.

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Comment By: Ted Pavlic (neodore)
Date: 2008-03-15 11:24

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The desktop is a special folder that doesn't respond the same was as other
folders.

HOWEVER, it is possible to add to that context menu. For example, the
backup tool "Mozy" does it. I just think you have to do more than associate
your menu with folders.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2008-03-14 19:23

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Draw back: The menu isn't shown anywhere. 

Sorry for teh wrong report. 

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2008-03-14 19:21

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I saw the same on a Windows Vista 64bit of a friend of mine with THG 0.3

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Comment By: TK Soh (tksoh)
Date: 2008-01-17 08:10

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I guessing the desktop (not the dir) is some kind of virtual folder
object, where no pathname is passed into the context menu extension when
right-clicking on the background desktop.

One discrepancy though, the menu shows up ok in 
C:\Documents and Settings\foo\Desktop\ directory on my system.

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