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I am trying to create a shell extension context menu and icon overlay. I have successfully registered and seen a context menu show up when right clicking and the menu clicks are correctly responding to the code when running the program through the Python interpreter.<br />
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My issue is when I try to compile the Python code to an executable or dll with cx_Freeze or py2exe. It builds the executable/dll and running the executable creates a registry entry, but no menu shows up when right clicking after restarting explorer.exe.<br />
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I thought cx_Freeze or py2exe would be able to register the context menu or overlay and have it talk to the code within the exe/dll. <br />
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I have more details if requested/needed.
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I am trying to create a shell extension context menu and icon overlay. I have successfully registered and seen a context menu show up when right clicking and the menu clicks are correctly responding to the code when running the program through the Python interpreter.

My issue is when I try to compile the Python code to an executable or dll with cx_Freeze or py2exe. It builds the executable/dll and running the executable creates a registry entry, but no menu shows up when right clicking after restarting explorer.exe.

I thought cx_Freeze or py2exe would be able to register the context menu or overlay and have it talk to the code within the exe/dll. 

I have more details if requested/needed.

Writing shell extensions in Python and compiling

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