Modern way to restore Mp3tag context menu

[tetratheta]

I know that recent version of Mp3tag supports Windows 11's context menu, but I use third-party shell(StartAllBack) and somehow, Mp3tag's context menu is gone. I think it is because of some 'customisation' I do, but I don't get what exactly caused Mp3tag's context menu missing. I don't remove such things in my customisation.

After looking into Mp3tag's installation directory(C:\Program Files\Mp3tag), I found Mp3tagShell.msix file. Inside of that file, I found these lines that related to context menu in AppxManifest.xml.

<Extensions>
<desktop4:Extension Category="windows.fileExplorerContextMenus">
  <desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus>
	<desktop5:ItemType Type="Directory">
	  <desktop5:Verb Id="Mp3tagShell" Clsid="6351E20C-35FA-4BE3-98FB-4CABF1363E12" />
	</desktop5:ItemType>
	<desktop5:ItemType Type="Directory\Background">
	  <desktop5:Verb Id="Mp3tagShell" Clsid="6351E20C-35FA-4BE3-98FB-4CABF1363E12" />
	</desktop5:ItemType>
	<desktop5:ItemType Type="*">
	  <desktop5:Verb Id="Mp3tagShell" Clsid="6351E20C-35FA-4BE3-98FB-4CABF1363E12" />
	</desktop5:ItemType>
  </desktop4:FileExplorerContextMenus>
</desktop4:Extension>
<com:Extension Category="windows.comServer">
  <com:ComServer>
	<com:SurrogateServer  DisplayName="Mp3tag Explorer Shell Extension">
	  <com:Class Id="6351E20C-35FA-4BE3-98FB-4CABF1363E12" Path="Mp3tagShell.dll" ThreadingModel="STA"/>
	</com:SurrogateServer>
  </com:ComServer>
</com:Extension>
</Extensions>

I want to re-create context menu with this information. Most of Google search was just re-creating small portion of that context menu, like 'just for .mp3 file'.

Any help would be appreciated. It seems Mp3tag context menu only appears when right-clicking directory(Directory), right-clicking background of directory(Directory\Background), right-clicking file(*).

Also, what does Mp3tagShell.dll do? If it is ok to just open directory/file with Mp3tag.exe?

[ohrenkino]

have you tried the solution from this thread?

No Explorer context menu on Windows 11

Okay, I made the registry hack and am getting the context menu. But I'm getting "no permissions" message when I try to use it. Even on a local (not network disc). I have sharing enabled. Ideas. This is Windows 11.

[firedog]

This worked for me, also Win 11 and also with a third party shell installed:

No Explorer context menu on Windows 11

OK, as a last resort you can try manually registering the shell extension from a command prompt with admin rights: cd <path to Mp3tag installation> regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll

[tetratheta]

Using regsvr32 "path\to\Mp3tagShell.dll" worked. I should search more carefully...

Thanks a lot!