🛠️ Developer Shell Context Menu Manager

A lightweight, file-less utility to add Visual Studio Developer Shell or .NET SDK shortcuts to your Windows right-click menu.

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✨ Features

• Intelligent Detection: Automatically finds Visual Studio installations on any drive using vswhere.exe.
• VS Code Friendly: Provides a standalone .NET SDK Shell option if you don't have the full Visual Studio IDE installed.
• Visual Status: Shows at a glance if a menu item is installed (✔), missing (✘), or needs an update (↑).
• Zero Litter: No files are left on your system. All logic is stored in the Windows Registry.
• Native Management: Appears in Windows Settings > Apps for easy uninstallation or remote updating.

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🚀 How to Use

Important

This script must be run in Administrator mode because it performs system-wide registry tweaks.

1. Open an Elevated Terminal:

   • Start menu Method:
     • Right-click on the Start menu.
     • Choose Windows PowerShell (Admin) (Windows 10) or Terminal (Admin) (Windows 11).
   • Search Method:
     • Press the Windows Key, type PowerShell.
     • Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch as Administrator.

2. Run the Command: Paste the following command and press Enter:

irm "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArtClark/DeveloperShellContextMenu/refs/heads/main/VsDevShellManager.ps1" | iex

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🔄 Updating & Uninstalling

To Update: Simply re-run the launch command above, or find the app in Windows Settings and click Modify.

To Uninstall: Use the script's internal menu (Option 4) or find "Developer Shell Context Menus (Art Clark)" in your Windows Installed Apps list and click Uninstall.

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🛠️ Build & Develop

Get a copy of the source code, this can be done using GitHub UI (Code -> Download ZIP), or by cloning (downloading) the repo using git.

If git is installed, run the following commands under a PowerShell window to clone and move into project's directory:

git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/ArtClark/DeveloperShellContextMenu.git"
cd DeveloperShellContextMenu