question, context menu,

 
 
this Is in TASK SCHEDULER, and it starts the pORTABLE edition of HyperSnap
I use this on main machine, and emergency machine;  it is easier to keep all parameters the same
"C:\PortableApps_suite\PortableApps\HyperSnap 8\HprSnap8.exe" -open "C:\PortableApps_Suite\PortableApps\HyperSnap 8\hSnap_OPening_Message.jpg"
 
this does start the program (and an initial graphic that I desire)
BUT, once running, there is no way to drag files such as .JPG, into hypersnap.  I get the circle with a line in it (prohibited)
 
IS there a way to add this to the context menu for windows, so that the PORTABLE edition of HyperSnap will allow JPG files (or others, if I add them) to be dragged into hypersnap and have them open?
thanks
nick
 
 
OR,
if not able -
if I install the MAIN program - and I set up its settings, etc -
Is there a way to copy the REGISTRY settings, to an INI file, so the setting s of the main machine will match the EMERGENCY machine?
I know how to use the INI files, but the program is getting too complex;  I'd like to just let the registry handle the settings, and then create a registry export from Main machine, to import to EMERGENCY machine (I am able to do such actions, not worried about blowing up machine)
and then save an INI file for the portable version, as same type settings
 
I'm just trying to get uniformity across the two machines, same menu whether I go from one to the other, etc
thanks
 
ADDENDUM - forum issue  - sometimes when I write items here, they don't come back to my email
 
 
thanks
 

To save the settings on one machine, you may just choose "Save CFG" button on the Setup ribbon tab. Save them to the default file name that appears, HprSnap8.ini. Reading them in for ALL the options to be respected, including menu or ribbon customizations, is trickier, as all these settings must be read before the program fully starts. So on the new machine, copy the saved HprSnap8.ini file to some folder (I'll use D:\tmp\ folder in the example). Then run HyperSnap 8 from command line with these options:
 
HprSnap8.exe -readopts d:\tmp\HprSnap8.ini
 
This will read options back in and save them to the registry. Now you may start HyperSnap 8 normally and it will be using all the configuration settings as saved on the old machine.
 
For opening some types of files by default in a portable copy of HyperSnap 8, with a double-click on a file icon, this probably won't work. Windows does not know that the program is "installed" on it. I never use this option anyway, it's just easier for me to drag any graphics icon from Windows Explorer to HyperSnap 8 window to open it...
 
Greg

You can use RegEdit program to export a branch of the registry to a file (File - Export on RegEdit menu), then import from that file on another machine. Be careful with this though, if you import wrong entries, you may damage your system.