How to Easily Add FreeArc to the Windows Right-Click Menu
"How to easily add FreeArc to the Windows context menu or right-click menu using the FreeArc installer without editing the Registry"
If you have downloaded and installed FreeArc on your computer, but the FreeArc option does not appear in the context menu or right-click menu, don't worry because you can still add this feature.
You don't need any third-party files or additional software to do this, you only need the FreeArc installer itself, FreeArc actually provides an option to enable the context menu or right-click menu, but this feature may seem useless because it won't work if you don't enable it during the initial installation process.
So, how do you enable the FreeArc context menu? without further ado, let's go straight to the following tutorial.
Tutorial:
- First, download the FreeArc software [Here].
- Once the download is complete, double-click the FreeArc file you downloaded.
- A User Account Control (UAC) window will appear, click the Yes button.
- On the first installation screen, click the Next button.
- After that, click I Agree to accept the license agreement.
- On the next page, click the Next button again.
- Now, pause for a moment at this step, in the Choose Components section, specifically under Options, you will see several checkboxes containing the available features and components.
- Find one component that is unchecked by default, namely Associate other archive with FreeARC, check this option.
- Once all the required options are checked, click the Install button.
- Wait a few moments for the FreeArc installation process to finish.
- After the installation is complete, try right-clicking any file on your computer, if everything works correctly, FreeArc should now appear in the Windows context menu or right-click menu.
- If FreeArc appears there, the process was successful and you can now use this feature.
Final Thoughts
And that's the tutorial on how to add FreeArc to the context menu or right-click menu on your computer, the good news is that you don't need to modify the Windows shell or edit the Windows Registry to enable this feature, FreeArc already provides the necessary option, you just need to enable it during the installation process.
Unfortunately, FreeArc has received very few updates or feature improvements in recent years, so we may still have to wait for a major update to see more significant changes in future versions of FreeArc.