i'd rather have a "layer" over the desktop that supports customizable mouse actions.

like a Rainmeter skin with the dimensions of your desktop and a setting of ImageAlpha=1 (almost completely transparent, not visible for the human eye) with Position set to bottom.

or LiteStep running as a service with jDesk as the only module (though then you could use xPopup as a second module, which is far better than RightClick).

then have AutoIt execute the hotkey on a right mouse click event.

Probably my choice...since I know the ins and outs of 'stepping....[a bit]...

Sounds very simple but....it's not...
Not for coding-gimps like me.
Adding a multi monitor setup to the equation doesn't simplfy the process....

I'll just settle for the hotkey for now, unless someone volunteers to make such a Rainmeter.

seems you are not looking for the functionality then, but for an excuse to spend your time doing cut and paste skins for this abandonware. i hope i am wrong though. so i'll volunteer.

Rainmeter is not like the mediocre software you are used to. multiple monitors are no problem. it also comes with proper documentation.

[Rainmeter]

BackgroundMode=1

[Whatever]

Meter=Image

X=0

Y=0

W=(#VSCREENAREAWIDTH#)

H=(#VSCREENAREAHEIGHT#)

SolidColor=ffffff01

RightMouseUpAction=["path/to your.exe"]

I don't get whats not working about it

Win 7 64-bit. Not using a hotkey to launch. I can Right Click my butt off all day if I want. No crashes anywhere.

The only thing that bugs me is I can never get the 'Use the windowblinds skin' option to work right. After I install the proggie, this option only works once. When I change my blind, I cannot match in RC.

i am pretty sure that is because you got the MS Visual C++ 32-bit runtimes or other runtimes that this thing depends on installed.

Could we compare MS V C++ setups, Lavant?

Here are those I've got installed:

I'd love to see if that's all it takes because I cannot use RightClick in it's current "state".

Snow...recently I had a system that couldn't use the converter for works docs into word/office docs.... the attempt kept on bombing out to 'you need a newer converter'....which was bogus.....

What ended up being needed was a DL from MS with the name 'vcredist_x86.exe' ....yep, one of them...

I know i have some older ones still installed but I wasn't sure if they could be uninstalled and I never bothered to ask since it seemed to not bother anything.

Close but no cigar.
Downloaded and installed a shitload of C++ runtimes but little did it help. All I got was a lot of new files....

I was unable to find the 'ATL update kb973923' listed on yours.

My search for that file brought me to here

And just like Paul says this should be the file you need

elvee crosses fingers for Snowy.

I've downloaded and installed 3 or 4 different 'versions' of files with that name.

Those three are on the list of todays downloaded/installed files.
'vcredist_IA6' freaked out and wouldn't install.

Ah...ok. Maybe it is something else I have, but I have no idea on where to start. Any suggestions?

No clue.
What. So. Ever.

Just a thought...would you by chance have Keyboard Launchpad installed?

Just thinking about the Hot key. I have it installed but I am not actively using it.

No, I didn't have Keyboard Launchpad installed, so I gave it a go and installed it.
I don't know if that was what tipped the balance, but now I can activate the RightClick menu just like I did on Vista; double right click.

Go figure.....

Bitter sweet "victory" though.

1) The skin editor crashes instantly when I launch it. Not the biggest issue though since I've got the XP box going with RightClick working 100%.

2) This may be hard to comprehend and even harder to explain why it's happening:
A lot of applications launched from the RightClick menu doesn't work properly.
Examples:
- Winamp. When launched from RightClick I cannot do -anything- from the application. Start music, load files etc etc.
Loading it "normally" - no problems.

- Microsoft Excel.

- VLC Media player. Just plain doesn't load from RightClick.

- Any webbrowser, Chrome, FireFox, Pale Moon, IE. From RightClick they all load as it was the first time they were started.

I'm absolutely baffled why this happens.

That's odd...I will have to try this out when I get home. I never actually used RC for launching programs. I use it for the meters and systray(which is not working for me at the moment)

a reboot or logoff perhaps? or something else that got the c++ runtimes loaded.

it looks like a wpf issue, as office does not have transparency.

can you post the config of the menu? (the file where the menu entries are stored.)

in the meantime try configuring a menu entry not to the executable, but to the desktop link.

Rebooting had no effect, but the double right click is no issue. It's better than crashing Explorer.

All applications are installed on the C-drive.
All shortcuts used in RightClick are stored on the D-drive. (For easier setting up on new systems)

It doesn't matter if RightClick link to the .exe files or to any shortcut anywhere, even newly created shortcut. (Have tested this thoroughly.)

It's just weird why the applications would 'malfunction' just because they are launched by/from RightClick.....
That's what's really bugging me.

i didn't mean a screenshot of the gui but the actual config file. that gui might create some bullshit which eventually could be fixed manually.