# No explorer context menu integration **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [September 17, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891 "2012-09-17T14:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Taggit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/1 "2012-09-17T14:31:38Z")
Installed version 2.5.2 in Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit There is no integration in Explorer when I select a folder or folders and try to open with MP3TAG, no MP3TAG is in the context menu. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![HansBKK](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@HansBKK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HansBKK)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/2 "2012-09-17T14:57:45Z")
Did you by any chance install in "portable" mode by mistake (or actually "install" a portable version)? I believe having a mp3tag.cfg in the same folder as the EXE would definitively imply a "yes" answer. Otherwise I'd guess it's an issue with the 64-bit 'ness. ---
**Author:** ![Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Taggit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/3 "2012-09-17T15:04:21Z")
No I remember that option and did not choose it, no cfg file either, oh well I will have to hack the registry to add it, would be nice if this was fixed for 64bit installations. EDIT: Here is the registry code to add mp3tag to the context menu Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY\_CLASSES\_ROOT\Directory\shell\MP3TAG] [HKEY\_CLASSES\_ROOT\Directory\shell\MP3TAG\command] @="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mp3tag\\Mp3tag.exe "%1"" ---
**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/4 "2012-09-17T16:04:53Z")
To get context menu integration you must select it when running the installer. ---
**Author:** ![Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Taggit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/5 "2012-09-17T16:14:07Z")
Ah, you are correct, I must have missed that option, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Taggit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/6 "2012-09-18T17:21:20Z")
One more thing, evidently Windows 7 has a folder selection limit of 15, if you select more than 15 folders in explorer most of the context menu items disappear, including MP3TAG But there is a fix [http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/05/fix-conte...ndows-explorer/](http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/05/fix-context-menu-items-missing-in-windows-explorer/) ---
**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/7 "2012-09-18T17:52:10Z")
The official context menu integration that comes with the installer does not have this limit. ---
**Author:** ![Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@Taggit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Taggit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/8 "2012-09-18T18:04:03Z")
Thanks, I will re-install it! ---
**Author:** ![mikemap](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@mikemap](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mikemap)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/9 "2012-11-06T05:09:52Z")
> [@Taggit](#): > > One more thing, evidently Windows 7 has a folder selection limit of 15, if you select more than 15 folders in explorer most of the context menu items disappear, including MP3TAG I just tested it and did not see any such limit. I selected about 2000 folders and the MP3Tag item was still properly listed in the context menu. I'm using Windows 7 64bit. I'm using Directory Opus, not Explorer, so if that limit exists, it's in Explorer, not Windows 7 itself. ---
**Author:** ![mojomuse](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@mojomuse](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mojomuse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/10 "2017-03-21T21:38:41Z")
> [@Taggit](#): > > No I remember that option and did not choose it, no cfg file either, oh well I will have to hack the registry to add it, would be nice if this was fixed for 64bit installations. > > EDIT: > > Here is the registry code to add mp3tag to the context menu > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY\_CLASSES\_ROOT\Directory\shell\MP3TAG] > > [HKEY\_CLASSES\_ROOT\Directory\shell\MP3TAG\command] > @="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mp3tag\\Mp3tag.exe "%1"" I know this post is quite old, but just tried the above to add context menu for portable edition but just threw up couple of errors (when I tried with/without the "@=" bit at the start. Aside from just adding to SendTo menu, any suggestions how to enable this with portable version? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/11 "2017-03-22T05:39:22Z")
> [@mojomuse](#): > > I know this post is quite old, but just tried the above to add context menu for portable edition but just threw up couple of errors (when I tried with/without the "@=" bit at the start. Aside from just adding to SendTo menu, any suggestions how to enable this with portable version? The mentioned reg-file still works. I just tested it in a virtual machine with W10 64 Bit, where I have MP3Tag 2.81b installed with the protable alternative of the installer. Did you change the reg-example to your correct path to mp3tag.exe? ---
**Author:** ![mojomuse](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@mojomuse](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mojomuse)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/12 "2017-03-22T07:21:45Z")
I did. I'll feedback back with exactly what I put in there and error messages I got. Meanwhile, presume you need the'@' bit at the start? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/13 "2017-03-22T08:17:10Z")
> [@mojomuse](#): > > I did. I'll feedback back with exactly what I put in there and error messages I got. Meanwhile, presume you need the'@' bit at the start? Did you try to enter this manually to your registry or did you copy the text to a reg-file and change your registry with a double-click on the reg-file? The text you quoted is an export-reg-file of the registry. Just copy & paste this text in a plain editor, correct the path to mp3tag.exe, and save the text to a file with the extension "reg". Then double-click on this file and confirm "that you know what you are doing". If you want to add this entry manually within regedit you have to create the tree manually and the correct entry within command would be: C:\yourprogrampath\Mp3tag.exe "%1" I don't know if it makes any difference but I created the "portable installation" with Mp3Tags installer and not manually. Since version **2.81** Mp3Tag gives a choice to install it portable. Before this you had to create your portable version manually without the help of the installer. Your profile shows you are still using "Mp3tag Version: **2.35**", just a not actualized entry? ---
**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/14 "2022-06-18T08:00:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-integration/13891/17 "2022-06-18T08:00:53Z")