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New .NET shortcuts for Windows Explorer’s context menus

New .NET shortcuts for Windows Explorer’s context menus

This registry file adds the following entries to the Windows Explorer’s context menus, that will help you speed your development and test cycle:
1) .idl files : Build : run midl.exe against the idl file top produce a type library from it.
2) .dll files: register/unregister COM dll using regsvr32, register .NET assembly in the GAC, register .NET assembly for COM Interop (regasm.exe), register .NET assembly for COM Interop using the codebase switch (regasm.exe /codebase), register/unregister COM EXE.
3) .tlb files : use regtlib to register a type library.
4) Any directory: Open a DOS console and sets required PATH and INCLUDE environment variables (runs vsvar32.bat).

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