Context menu is showing Hyper but trows an error when clicked

[lednhatkhanh]

This issue's related to this: #1133

I'm facing this issue on windows 10 when I build the app from source (latest commit, master).

But, after removing and reinstall using the .exe file downloaded from here, it started working fine.

Nodejs: 7.2.1 64 bit
Windows 10 64bit.

Note that this also happends with GritKraken (another Electron app), so I think that there should be some problems with Electron or something. Vscode's still working fine tho.

[kilianso]

To solve this until it's fixed by an update:

Step 1 : Type "regedit" in start menu

Step 2 : Run the registry editor

Step 3 : Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Hyper\command

Step 4 : Right-click on "REG_SZ" entry and choose modify

Step 5: Enter the Path to Hyper, like: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\app-1.0.0\Hyper.exe

Unfortunately Hyper doesn't navigate directly to the "open here" directory. This should be fixed too.

[Specro]

@lednhatkhanh Hyper adds/removes the context menu entry only during install/uninstall. That's why your entry may have been broken.

@kilianso I can't seem to reproduce this. Is this on Windows 10? Could you share your config?

[nsna]

@kilianso opening in the current directory can be fixed by adding "%V" as an argument in the command key:
"C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.0.0\Hyper.exe" "%V"

You can also change the text that is displayed in the context menu by adding a value to the parent Hyper key such as "Open Hyper Here".

Windows reg export:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Hyper]
@="Open Hyper Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Hyper\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Local\\hyper\\app-1.0.0\\Hyper.exe\" \"%V\""

[linonetwo]

@kilianso
Should use C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\hyper\Update.exe --processStart "Hyper.exe" instead of C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\app-1.2.1\Hyper.exe, or if you update your hyper, context menu will be outdated.

[shanselman]

I just hit this also. The default reg key is getting erased on update. Perhaps something wrong with the squirrel update?

@linonetwo That doesn't seem to work as the path (via %V) isn't passed to Hyper.exe from Squirrel's update.exe. I think that it should be set to the full path, then the update.exe handler should update the reg key on update.

[ghost]

Somehow the command: "C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.0.0\Hyper.exe" "%V" was not working for me. Hyper showed up but not at the correct path.

So I changed it to:
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\hyper\Hyper.exe --process-start-args="-p %V"

[djalmajr]

@EsSpricht's solution works for me

[Stanzilla]

Fix by #1831