OpenWithUnity.inf

Unity Engine
1

copied this to make an open with unity menu
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingPowerShellPromptHere.aspx
3509408--280127--OpenWithUnity.png

  1. put text into a .inf file and right click on it and select install
  2. can uninstall from control pannel → programs
[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"

[OpenWithUnityInstall]
CopyFiles = OpenWithUnity.Files.Inf
AddReg    = OpenWithUnity.Reg

[DefaultInstall]
CopyFiles = OpenWithUnity.Files.Inf
AddReg    = OpenWithUnity.Reg

[DefaultUnInstall]
DelFiles  = OpenWithUnity.Files.Inf
DelReg    = OpenWithUnity.Reg

[SourceDisksNames]
55="Open with Unity","",1

[SourceDisksFiles]
OpenWithUnity.INF=55

[DestinationDirs]
OpenWithUnity.Files.Inf = 17

[OpenWithUnity.Files.Inf]
OpenWithUnity.INF

[OpenWithUnity.Reg]
HKLM,%OWU%,DisplayName,,"%OpenWithUnityName%"
HKLM,%OWU%,UninstallString,,"rundll32.exe syssetup.dll,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultUninstall 132 %17%\OpenWithUnity.inf"
HKCR,Directory\Shell\OpenWithUnity,,,"%OpenWithUnityAccel%"
HKCR,Directory\Shell\OpenWithUnity\command,,,"""C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe"" -projectPath ""%1"""
HKCR,Directory\Shell\OpenWithUnity,Icon,,"C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe"

[Strings]
OpenWithUnityName="OpenWithUnity PowerToy"
OpenWithUnityAccel="Open with &Unity"
OWU="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenWithUnity"
3 Likes
2

Where does this add the context menu? Folders?

3

yes ‘Directory’ as registry calls it

4

very handy, works well, thanks! Opening projects like this, however, allows me to have multiple unity projects open at the same time. I wonder what the consequences of that might be.

5

thanks. opening multiple projects was already possible, this just makes it easier

6

Thanks for this.