Context Menu keyboard shortcuts keep changing after each version

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All of my Context Menu keyboard shortcut letters keep changing after installing the latest versions of Directory Opus. I create my own custom Context Menu entries and their keyboard shortcuts by editing the registry directly. It seems that after version 13.7 (?), the shortcuts started changing on their own - Directory Opus no longer uses my shortcuts anymore.

For example, I have a Resource Hacker menu entry that always activated for any file type using the letter R.

My registry key looks like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\&Resource Hacker]
"ICON"="D:\\Resource Hacker\\Resource Hacker.ico"
"POSITION"="TOP"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\&Resource Hacker\Command]
@="\"D:\\Resource Hacker\\ResourceHacker.exe\" \"%1\""

I've also noticed that the shortcut changes when right-clicking on different file types:

  1. If I right-click on an .exe file, the shortcut becomes H (when I want it to be R).
  2. If I right-click on an .ico file, it becomes o.

How do I make Directory Opus use my desired shortcuts?

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You can't at the moment; the shortcuts are auto-assigned, to avoid issues with multiple items using the same keys.

(There are some improvements we can probably make to how this is done.)

3

We'll be changing this in the next beta.

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