Windows – How to add an “open in new excel” in windows file explorer context menu

From what I understand, you want to right-click a file(not a shortcut) and be able to open its location in explorer. I'm not sure why you would want that, considering the file would already be in its folder and shortcut links already have an option for that in windows 7.

In any case, the following might help:

• Open regedit.exe (by typing it into the start menu).
• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell , right-click shell > New > Key and name it "Open Containing Folder".
• Right-click the key you just created and create another key named "command".
• Double-click (Default) and give it the following value.

"explorer.exe" /select,"%1"

This is what it should look like:

Adding second answer since it describes different approach.

Custom context menu item for folders can be configured via Windows Registry:

1. Open Registry editor: hit WinKey+R, type "regedit" and press enter
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell if you are administrator, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\directory\shell otherwise
3. Add menu item: create new key under "shell". You can name it "duplicate this folder" directly or give arbitrary name and set default value to "duplicate this folder" for this key.
4. Assign functionality: create key named "command" inside new key. Set "command" key default value to cmd.exe /c robocopy "%1" "%1 - copy" /e