How to pop-up the Windows context menu for a given file using Delphi?

Question

I want to write the following procedure / function:

procedure ShowSysPopup(aFile: string; x, y: integer);

Which will build and show (at the

Answer 1

Although I agree with Deltics that it is a lot of work, the information required for most (if not all) of the items is freely available in the registry. The guide listed in Deltics answer look good and will give you most of the items. A lot can be looked up form basic entries in the registry whereas others need calls to COM objects.