Add Open With Android Studio in Context Menu

Jerry
7 Sep, 2022

Method 1 Edit Regedit Manually

In order to add Open with Android Studio in the context menu, we can follow the steps below:

  • Open Run (Windows key + R) 
  • Type regedit, then Enter
  • Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
  • Right click on the shell, then create a new key and name it as AndroidStudio
  • On the right panel, add a new key Icon of type Expandable String Value
  • Input Value data as Path_to_AndroidStudio,0 (D:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio64.exe,0)
  • Right click on the AndroidStudio, then create a new key and name it as command
  • On the right panel, editing (Default) key value as Path_to_AndroidStudio "%1" (D:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio64.exe "%1")

Method 2 Edit Regedit using script

@echo off

:: change the path below to match your installed version
SET AndroidStudioPath=D:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio64.exe
 
echo Adding file entries
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\AndroidStudio" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with AndroidStudio"   /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\AndroidStudio" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%AndroidStudioPath%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\AndroidStudio\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%AndroidStudioPath% \"%%1\"" /f
 
echo Adding within a folder entries
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AndroidStudio" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with AndroidStudio"   /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AndroidStudio" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%AndroidStudioPath%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AndroidStudio\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%AndroidStudioPath% \"%%V\"" /f

echo Adding folder entries
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AndroidStudio" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "Open with AndroidStudio"   /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AndroidStudio" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Icon" /d "%AndroidStudioPath%,0" /f
@reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AndroidStudio\command" /t REG_SZ /v "" /d "%AndroidStudioPath% \"%%1\"" /f

pause{codeBox}

  • Copy the context of this script to a file
  • Edit AndroidStudioPath to android studio installation location
  • and save it as open_with_androidstudio.cmd
  •  Run the script as Administrator
Reference:
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61036255/open-folder-as-android-studio-project

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