Right-click context menu. What is "PCM"? What you need to know and understand. Instructions for beginners. Using context menus

Chart element	Element context menu
Chart area	Chart area format... Chart type... Initial data… Chart options... Accommodation… Diagram window …………………. Clear
Chart area	Construction area format... Chart type... Initial data… Chart options... Accommodation… Diagram window Clear
	Axis format... Clear
	Legend format... Clear
Data series	Data series format... Chart type... Initial data… Add trend line... Clear
Data Signatures	Data Signature Format... Clear
Axis names	Axis name format... Clear
	Grid Line Format... Clear
Chart title	Chart title format... Clear

1. Select the value axis (Y axis), perform 1 Right Click on it, select the Axis Format item and on the Scale tab set the maximum value to 200 (instead of 100) and the value of the main divisions to 20 (instead of 10). See how the diagram changes, and then use the Cancel button to return the previous values.

2. Perform 1 Right Click on any column of the chart, select the Data Series Format item and on the Parameters tab, set first positive and then negative values for the Overlap parameter and observe in the window how the appearance of the chart changes. We can conclude that negative overlap indicates that there is a gap between the columns of the same group, and with positive overlap, the selected data series will begin to overlap neighboring columns (apparently, the optimal value for the Overlap parameter is 0).

Check the Gap Width setting to make sure it adjusts the distance between adjacent groups of chart bars.

3. Choose a suitable pattern or design for the data series, try changing the font for data labels, axes, etc.

Task 3. Constructing different types of charts. Once you've created a chart (for example, a histogram), it's easy to get other types of charts without starting the Chart Wizard. To do this, you need to get a copy of the sheet with the finished chart and then change the chart type. To do this you need:

perform 1 Right Click on the sheet shortcut and select Move / Copy;

indicate before which sheet the copy is inserted and check the Create a copy checkbox;

After creating a copy, you must select the Chart Type menu item (from the Chart item in the main menu or on the Chart PI or in the context menu after right-clicking) and set the desired chart type.

Construct the following diagrams on separate sheets, giving the sheet an appropriate name:

Flat charts:

ruled (Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Lin”);

graph (Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Graph”);

circular (Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Circle”);

ring (Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Kol”).

Volumetric diagrams:

histogram (Sheet “PZ 7_Ob Gis”);

circular (Sheet “PZ 7_Ob Circle”).

Design each chart accordingly; for ring and pie charts, indicate the row values as percentages (Fig. 7.1). If you wish, you can practice constructing other types of flat and three-dimensional diagrams.

Notes 1. For 3-D diagrams, in the context menu of the diagram area there is a 3-D view item, which allows you to change the spatial orientation of the diagram (check).

2. You can place any text in the chart window (for example, the name of the chart Graph). To do this, you need to display the Drawing PI, click the Inscription button, select the area with the mouse and type the desired text in it (check).

3. There are quite a lot of sheets in our workbook and the labels of not all sheets are visible. There are several ways to move through the sheets of a workbook:

a) click on the desired sheet label (if visible);

b) use the scroll buttons if the shortcut is not visible;

V) – move to the previous sheet;

G) – move to the next sheet.

4. Features of using scatter diagrams are discussed in practical lesson 8.

Task 4. As stated earlier, if charts are not built for all data in a table, then you should select only those data series for which charts are built.

Construct a flat histogram based on the data in the table Implementation of travel packages using sample data. Tasks are taken from Table 7.3 according to options. Place the histogram on a separate sheet with the name “PZ 7_Option”.

Task 5. Construct the following four types of plane diagrams for your version of the practical task:

histogram (Sheet “PZ 7_ Var Gis”);

graph (Sheet “PZ 7_Var Graph”);

circular (Sheet “PZ 7_ Var Circle”).

If necessary, clarify with the teacher the data series presented in the form of diagrams.

Table 7.3





	Tours sold for 1997 and 1999 for all countries

	Tours sold for 1998 and 2000 for all countries
	Sold tours by year for Italy
	Tours sold for 1997 and 2000 for all countries
	Sold tours by year for the Czech Republic and Italy
	Sold tours over 4 years for all countries
	Sold tours by year for Poland and Italy
	Sold tours for 1999 and 4 years for all countries
	Sold tours by year for Poland
	Sold tours for 1998 and 4 years for all countries
	Sold tours by year for the Czech Republic
	Sold tours for 1997 and 4 years for all countries

Show the results to the teacher, get his signature and save the document on your floppy disk (results of the practical lesson: 1) Sheet “PZ 7_F11”; 2) Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Lin”; 3) Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Graph”; 4) Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Circle”; 5) Sheet “PZ 7_Pl Kol”; 6) “PZ 7_Ob Gis”;

7) Sheet “PZ 7_Ob Circle”; 8) Sheet “PZ 7_Option”; 9) Sheet “PZ 7_ Var Gis”; 10) Sheet “PZ 7_Var Graph”; 11) Sheet “PZ 7_ Var Circle”). Add an item to the Windows 10 Explorer context menu for convenient and quick launch of frequently used programs. Quickly launch the applications you need without shortcuts. Let's look at 2 options: context menu , let's create.

cascading popup

Incorrect operation of the registry will lead to system crash. You do all actions at your own peril and risk. You can use the video instructions by clicking.

Let's add items to the Windows 10 Explorer context menu.

Let's launch the registry editor. Press “start”, line “search”, enter .

We launched the editor, now we follow the path:

Now we create a name to be reflected in our menu. In my situation, the Smite toy:
Right-click on the shell line.
Create.

Chapter.

I made the name of the toy "smith".

We make a command to launch the toy:
Right-click on the shell line.
Create.

Press RMB on the section you have made, in the presented case “smear”. We issue a command to the created key. Create a section, write the name "".

command

Now we copy the path of the toy. In my case "E:\smite\smite.exe".
Selected the executable (.exe) file of the game, program. Press Shift + Right click on smite.exe, " will appear Copy as path

". Only when you press a combination of buttons will this line appear. We issue a command to the created key. Create a section, write the name " Set the copied path to the registry. We highlight our team on the left"

"click the mouse. On the right side of the field, click quickly 2 times to open the window:
1. Select a section
2. Open the “parameters” window
3. Place the mouse slider in the value line

4. Press "RMB" to insert

It should look something like this. The "value" column should contain the executable path to the program.
1. Select the created section from the left in the column. 2. Click on the empty field to the right.
3.Create.
String parameter 4. Set a name icon

, denote the path to the location of the toy.

It should work. Icon, name.

I really like this method. You can easily sort everything useful for using on your computer. Create sections “game”, “programs”, “graphics”, place 3-9 applications each. Having figured out the simple method, how to add an item to the context menu, It will be easier for you to understand the essence of the pop-up cascade. A complex procedure that requires attention. We will now work with two registry sections.

Creating a cascading menu. Go to the registry: “start”, enter the word “regedit” in the “search”. We follow the path:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

Click "RMB" on the folder shell.
Create a section.
Come up with a name. I wrote menu 101.

In “menu 101” we make string parameters with the names of the names of the four keys:

MUIVerb(name for reflection).
SubCommands(reflection of names).
Icon(reflection of the picture).
Position(position: above, below).

I want to explain what is in the key SubCommands it is necessary to separate the toys " ; " (smite;Tomb Raider).

A visual representation of the specified values:

Asked 4. Set a name. (assigned the path to one of the games, exe file, will automatically set the icon).
Position in the context display, I didn’t set it, you can write " Top"-above, " Bottom"-from below.
SubCommands names of names that we wrote with " ; " (smite;Tomb Raider). The picture shows the icons in front of the names of the toys. We will ask them further. You should get something like this, only without the game icons.
Display name, which was written in the value MUIVerb.

In the picture you won't have half of it. Just an explanatory example of what parameter will be displayed. There are a number of other steps that need to be completed.

Four files were created. Now we register the functionality of the shortcuts. Up to this point it will only be reflected Game with picture. For reflection, as shown in point three (picture above). Let's go to the following registry section along the path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\Shell

Right-click on the shell folder, create the partitions that you specified in SubCommands(smite;Tomb Raider). There should be two folders with names on the left side of the column.

We created our two folders. After these two sections are created, windows will be displayed in a cascade, but will not function.

Set the default value with the names of the games to be displayed in the pop-up window:

1. Select the section with the toy on the left.
2. Click twice on the line.
3. In the window that opens, write the name of the game that belongs to the folder on the left. (In the folder smite, value smite. Tomb Raider, value Tomb Raider).

We create icons opposite the game names. Create in smite, Tomb Raider String parameters With name 4. Set a name, specified by the path to the exe file. Let me remind you to copy the path. Press Shift + right click on smite.exe, " will appear Press Shift + Right click on smite.exe, " will appear". . Create a string parameter, indicate the path to the game. Don't forget to write the name icon.

Now we set the command to run so that they function and start. Create a section in each folder (smite, Tomb Raider) with the name We issue a command to the created key. Create a section, write the name ".

We highlight We issue a command to the created key. Create a section, write the name ".
Click 2 times.
We indicate the path of our toy.

The Explorer context menu is the menu that appears when you right-click (Right Mouse Button) on some object (file or folder) or simply on an empty space in a folder or Desktop. If your system is new, then the context menu will be relatively empty. Is it just something added from the video card drivers, for example like this:

but if the system has been installed for a long time, then there will be more such points. For example like this:

As you can see, over time, in addition to the standard menu items, more installed programs were added. On the one hand it is convenient. After all, you don’t need to launch a shortcut or search for a program, but you can directly perform actions right from the context menu. But on the other hand, over time there are a lot of such items and sometimes you even have to scroll up or down the context menu in search of the necessary items.
Therefore, sometimes you want to remove these items so as not to get in the way. After all, you don’t use all the points often.

So how remove item from context menu.

In order to remove a program item from the context menu (CM for short), you can use both standard methods of the Operating System itself, and using the programs themselves or specially designed ones.

The easiest way to remove it is to look in the settings of the program (which you want to remove) for the desired item. Usually it is located somewhere in Integrations or Loading/adding. For example, in order to remove the famous WinRAR item from KM, you need to uncheck the Shell integrations:

Other programs may also have similar settings.

It’s another matter when you did not find the necessary settings to delete or there are none at all (this also happens). Then you can use the standard method of the systems itself, namely editing.
I warn you right away that before starting work it would be better to play it safe and make a backup copy of the registry.
So, let's launch the registry and go to the branch
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/shellexe/ContextMenuHandlers

and we see here these same items from the context menu.
Now right-click on the desired item (the item from the KM that you want to delete) and select Delete:

We agree with the following warning:

reboot and check. The item should disappear.

If you haven't missed it, check out the thread.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers
and do the same.

On a note:
If you want to delete an item specifically from KM -> Create

then you need to know the type of file () that is being created. For example, for Microsoft Office Access the file extension is .accdb, which means you need to look for it in the registry branch HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, and then delete the ShellNew subkey there

If you want to remove from KM those items that appear when you RMB on folders, then you need to look at the branches:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

For the item "Open with..." the thread answers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList

For KM Logical drives branches:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

You can also delete items using special programs. For example using ShellExView

Its principle is simple: select the desired item and click on the red circle at the top of the program. The main thing here is that Type was Context menu

Now a little about how create your own item in the context menu.
The fact is that adding such an item for folders or specific files, as well as in an “empty” space using the registry will not work. You can only assign it to when it opens with RMB on the Desktop. Therefore, I recommend reading the article and taking advantage of what is described there.

Well, or use another utility - Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer() which has a bunch of features, but in English. And there we only need to select the item and delete it:

If anyone is interested in more details and can’t figure it out, write in the comments and I’ll help. There, in the left column you need to select an item (computer, folder, files, etc.) where the context menu is called up, and to the right, select what to delete and click the Remove Item button at the bottom. If you are fluent in English, you will understand.

You can guess how to add your program to KM -> Create if you read the entire article carefully, namely about deleting one of this items. You just need to create a subsection on the contrary and write for the desired extension.

In general, the article turned out to be a little chaotic and more about removing it from the context menu, because... I think this is more relevant, and there is an article about adding. Therefore, if anything is not clear, write in the comments. Let's figure it out.

Operation of all devices. In the event of failures or breakdowns, it is not always necessary to call specialists, sometimes paying for their services at fairly high prices. Many shortcomings and errors can be corrected yourself. These types of failures and errors include when the right mouse button does not open the context menu. What to do in such cases?

First, you should find out why the malfunction occurs, why the Windows 10 context menu does not work. There are several possible reasons for this:

registry clutter with outdated files;
lack of programs included in the context menu, their unstable operation.

Let's consider what to do in these cases, how to change the situation when the right-click context menu does not open.

If the right-click context menu does not appear due to the registry being cluttered with outdated files, we recommend using a utility such as Glary Utilities to clean it. Glary Utilities is a set of system tweakers and utilities that help protect, fine-tune, and improve PC performance. Using the set, you can remove unnecessary files that clog the system, registry entries that are long outdated, optimize RAM, manage startup, optimize memory and other functions useful for the good functioning of your computer. Glary Utilities can be downloaded for free.

After setting the settings, clear your device of unnecessary files using the same utility, clean the registry, thereby increasing the performance of your computer.

Freezing Error Fix

If, when you right-click on a file or folder, the context menu on the desktop does not work, the computer freezes, the key does not respond to commands, you can fix this freeze in two ways, we recommend doing both sequentially. Before you begin any of these, you must have administrator rights. You will have to work with the registry, you need to be careful here; if you do it incorrectly, the system may fail. Therefore, when starting the process of fixing failures, be sure to create a system restore point before deleting anything.

A “silent” freeze is usually caused by an unstable program, a frozen program, or when a link in the context menu points to a non-existent resource.

Method one

Follow the steps sequentially:

Check the list that appears for the presence of programs you have already deleted.
If there is a program in the list that you removed, remove it from the registry. Before deleting any registry key, we recommend creating an archive copy of it to save in case you need to restore it.

Method two

The algorithm for the second method, when the Windows 10 context menu does not open, will be as follows.

Open the registry editor as described in steps 1–2 of the previous method.
Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT subkey,
In it you will see several subsections with names like “name_programm.exe”, “name_programm.dll”. Check each one in turn by clicking LMB until the “command” subsection. All subsections should open. If it does not open, look on the right side of the window for the presence of the “NoOpenWith” parameter. There is no such parameter - create it. To do this, follow these steps:

Having found the “command” subsection, click LMB and check for the presence of the “(Default)” parameter on the right side. The parameter must be specified for an application or network resource that exists on the computer.

If the parameter refers to a resource that is already missing, the entire section starting with the name of this resource or program should be deleted. Before deleting, do not forget to create an archive copy for restoration if necessary. Delete by clicking on the name of the RMB section, then clicking “Delete” - “Yes”.

After completing two methods, the context menu should open, the PC will no longer freeze when right-clicking on a file.

It’s not difficult to set up the context menu, just remember that any attempts to change the registry can lead to unstable operation of the PC, so don’t forget to create restore points, archived copies of deleted programs. When the right mouse button does not open the context menu, follow the instructions above sequentially, apply all the methods, the error will be corrected.

Of course, many of the new users, who first encountered object-oriented systems based on access to basic functions through additional menus, ask what “RMB” is. Unfortunately, we need to immediately upset all users of this level. Not knowing what “PCM” is means not knowing anything at all.

What is “RMB” on a computer

Frankly speaking, any user who does not know how this abbreviation stands for simply leads to a state of extreme bewilderment! Well, really, even with the most primitive attempt to interpret this abbreviation, something like “Right Mouse Click” or a similar “Right Mouse Button” cannot come to mind?

This is the understanding of what “PCM” is. Typically, such a click calls up additional menus (this will be discussed a little later). But for grandparents who are completely unfamiliar with the structure and functioning of the operating system and the use of its capabilities through standard or additional means, we will still try to consider this issue in more detail.

What is "RMB" on the keyboard

It also happens differently. Sometimes many capricious and supposedly all-knowing users wonder what “RMB” is on a laptop keyboard. Well, what can you answer here? The only thing that comes to mind is the phrase of Vladimir Zelensky’s character from “The 95th Quarter,” said to the host of the show about determining the smartest intellectual in the studio (for reasons of correctness, we will not recall it).

Yes, what's that on the keyboard? Just a set of characters. Right click has absolutely nothing to do with the keyboard. Sometimes, however, there are questions like this (what is “PCM”?) in sections of forums or software help, but there is a clear answer that if you don’t know this, it’s better not to come here at all. By the way, the wording of the question itself raises quite a lot of criticism.

Here, anyone, even a novice user, should understand that the concepts of “RMB” and “LMB” differ only in the definition of the mouse button that will be clicked at the moment (right or left).

Using context menus

With call-up menus, called context menus, things are also not so simple. They usually contain much more means of accessing the allocated object (although this is not always the case).

For the simplest example, you can use opening a file with admin rights in the same “Explorer” or using the viewing method or folder (for example, size, duration of sound or display, not counting the scan characteristics or bitrate if these are multimedia files).

The most important misconception

Finally, most users associate the right-click menu, using a link to a particular option or setting, as a panacea for all the problems that computer systems can have.

The fact is that this will clearly not be enough to access some functions of the OS itself or some program capabilities. Therefore, before you start studying computer terminology, you should clearly understand what software products and “hardware” components are, among which, by the way, there is a manipulator called a mouse. Not everyone manages to manage it the first time. But a couple of workouts and everything will be fine. And even a right or left click, provided you have a 3-button mouse, will be done quite simply after several preliminary manipulations.

We can only hope that after reading this material no one will have a question about what the abbreviation “RMB” is in relation to its use and calling the corresponding context menus with additional access lines to undocumented or basic settings and parameters.

Among other things, it should be taken into account that context menus (unlike the main ones) change their structure only in the case of installation of programs that spontaneously integrate their commands into the system. The simplest examples are the same archiver programs like WinRAR, WinZIP or 7-Zip. But other applications are also capable of changing the order of lines and commands, not to mention specialized utilities that are created exclusively for this purpose.