How to Add or Remove 'Open with' Context Menu to URL Shortcuts

A URL shortcut is a shortcut to open a website with your browser. In this tutorial, we will create a new Context Menu to choose what browser you use to open any URL shortcut.

You can create a shortcut by right-clicking on your Desktop and click New > Shortcut. Enter the website URL, then give it a name.





We can Add or Remove Open with Context Menu to URL Shortcuts by editing the registry. Because two steps are required, we have created the registry files for you.

Download Add or Remove Open with Context Menu to URL Shortcuts and extract the two files.

Double-click Add Open With URL Context Menu.reg or Remove Open With URL Context Menu.reg (Default) to Add or Remove "Open with" Context Menu to URL Shortcuts.

Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control.
Click Yes when prompted by Registry Editor.

Click OK when prompted by the Registry Editor.

This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks.

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