Send to context menu x64

_meta_ · Post by *_meta_ » 2009-07-02, 11:02 UTC

well, my send to context menu under X64 submenu in TCpb6 on win 7 x64 is empty.

In explorer, everything is fine

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2009-07-02, 11:12 UTC

How can you see in Explorer which SendTo items are 64-bit ones? As I know, Explorer combines 32- and 64-bit items into one SendTo sobmenu.

_meta_ · Post by *_meta_ » 2009-07-02, 13:14 UTC

I dont see which are which. TC does, and puts them into X64 submenu, and in that submenu Send to list is empty. In explorer, send to list is not empty

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-02, 14:54 UTC

Sounds like Microsoft broke something in Windows 7 (surprise, surprise). Unfortunately I don't currently have access to a 64-bit version of Windows 7, but I will add your report to my to do list for later.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2009-07-03, 09:17 UTC

_meta_ wrote:I dont see which are which. TC does, and puts them into X64 submenu, and in that submenu Send to list is empty. In explorer, send to list is not empty

Sorry, I don't understand. Do you see any items in usual SendTo context submenu in TC? Or you mean only context submenu X64\SendTo? If you have only X64\SendTo with no items, so probably you just don't have 64-bit SendTo items.

_meta_ · Post by *_meta_ » 2009-07-03, 11:57 UTC

now everything seems fine!?

I was missing Send to menu for 32 bit items completely. I had just Send to in X64 with no items.

Now I have everything back. Only thing is I upgraded TortoiseHg from 0.8PRE to 0.8 version. My guess is that was the problem.

HolgerK · Post by *HolgerK » 2009-07-03, 13:18 UTC

_meta_ wrote:now everything seems fine!?

Really?
I can confirm the missing "x64 -> SendTo" context menu entries in Win7 RC x64:
Only a blank sub menu entry is shown.

BTW: This works fine in Vista Sp2 x64.
Both installations without Tortoise.
TC7.50pb1-pb6

I was missing Send to menu for 32 bit items completely. I had just Send to in X64 with no items.

Now I have everything back. Only thing is I upgraded TortoiseHg from 0.8PRE to 0.8 version. My guess is that was the problem.

Does this mean that you are satisfied in using the normal "Send To" context menu or does it mean that the "x64 -> Send To" was coming back magically after the tortoise upgrade?

Regards
Holger

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-03, 15:28 UTC

I wonder that too. Maybe some context menu extension (e.g. the pre-release of Tortoise) was crashing tcmdx64.exe, causing the other items to be missing too?

_meta_ · Post by *_meta_ » 2009-07-03, 18:30 UTC

I am still missing items in X64->Send too.

but I was fine because 32 bit Send to returned and that was what I was missing in the first place, and what I currently need

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-05, 14:34 UTC

You can see what tcmdx64.exe returns to Total Commander by starting the program, and then clicking on OK. Are there any menu items missing which are actually present in 64-bit Explorer?

_meta_ · Post by *_meta_ » 2009-07-06, 11:16 UTC

Yes some items are missing. Here are some screenshots.

1. TC context menu
Image: http://i42.tinypic.com/2mqokk4.jpg

Image: http://i43.tinypic.com/kb2edv.jpg

2. from explorer
Image: http://i40.tinypic.com/28u330j.jpg

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-06, 15:50 UTC

Maybe Microsoft changed the way how SendTo is built on Windows 7? They seem to invent new OLE2 interfaces with each new Windows version to drive the developpers mad...

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-07, 19:18 UTC

I have tested this now on 32-bit Windows 7, and it shows the same error as you get on 64-bit. It really seems that Microsoft changed quite a bit in the IContextMenu interface used by Total Commander to create these menus.

Total Commander calls QueryContextMenu to get the context menu of a shell extension like "Send to":

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776097%28VS.85%29.aspx

As you can see, several parameters are marked as "Windows 7 and later", but there is no explanation at all. I tried them in various combinations, but without any success. Creating the context menu as a whole does seem to work fine, though - but that doesn't help in this case.

Unfortunately nobody really seems to know how to program for Windows 7, so I will probably have to wait for the final release to fix this problem.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-30, 19:39 UTC

Can anyone test this please on Windows 7 X64 with beta 8? It _might_ work, because I found a way to make it work in 32-bit. Unfortunately I don't currently have access to a 64-bit Windows 7 system, so I couldn't test it yet.

Postkutscher · Post by *Postkutscher » 2009-08-01, 12:03 UTC

I have just installed a fresh Windows Seven x64 and a latest trial version of The Bat. Beta 8 shows 64bit part of "sendto" menu normally, compared to beta 7 , but I just found another one little misfeature. If I start TC before The Bat , TC shows the icon of Bat in "Sendto". If I start The Bat and then TC, only a string "The Bat" is there, but icon is absent.