Simple "Send/Install to Phone" Context menu

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I know a lot of you are bored of mounting SDcard all the time just to add/install a file on your phone, and running commands (push) through ADB is a bit waste of time so i created a small registry adition for Windows to be able to send/install any file at your Phone with just a click.

Download the zip below and edit EDITME.reg with your apropriate SDK directory and just run SendToPhone.bat/Install to Phone.bat.

Send to Phone

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Send to Phone]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Send to Phone\command]
@="<SDK DIRECTORY GOES HERE!>\\tools\\adb.exe push %1 /sdcard/"

NOTICE! MS for some reason requires double slashes between dirs

EXAMPLE: @="G:\\sdk\\tools\\adb.exe push %1 /sdcard/"

Install to Phone

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.apk\shell\Install to Phone]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.apk\shell\Install to Phone\command]
@="<SDK DIRECTORY GOES HERE!>\\tools\\adb.exe install %1"

NOTICE! MS for some reason requires double slashes between dirs

EXAMPLE: @="G:\\sdk\\tools\\adb.exe install %1"

Excellent idea, thanks

awesome, will this work with all files?

yep! all files except folders. if you want it specificaly for lets say apks, change "*" to ".apk"

Originally Posted by nicandris

NOTICE! MS for some reason requires double slashes between dirs

Because \ is the default for special characters when interpreting strings i.e. \t is typically a tab-character. To use \ in a string you then have double \\.

Is there a program you installed that made the APK have an icon, or did you manually edit the file associations?

Originally Posted by mpg187

Is there a program you installed that made the APK have an icon, or did you manually edit the file associations?

haha no it's just an image that i renamed from png to apk :P

Originally Posted by OneTwoPi

Because \ is the default for special characters when interpreting strings i.e. \t is typically a tab-character. To use \ in a string you then have double \\.

It's called an escape character. Brilliant idea though, simple yet very effective and time saving.. I read it and thought "duh".

Where's regedit on my Gentoo box anyways?

Originally Posted by nicandris

I know a lot of you are bored of mounting SDcard all the time just to add/install a file on your phone, and running commands (push) through ADB is a bit waste of time so i created a small registry adition for Windows to be able to send/install any file at your Phone with just a click.

Download the zip below and edit EDITME.reg with your apropriate SDK directory and just run SendToPhone.bat/Install to Phone.bat.

Send to Phone

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Send to Phone]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Send to Phone\command]
@="<SDK DIRECTORY GOES HERE!>\\tools\\adb.exe push %1 /sdcard/"

NOTICE! MS for some reason requires double slashes between dirs

EXAMPLE: @="G:\\sdk\\tools\\adb.exe push %1 /sdcard/"

Install to Phone

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.apk\shell\Install to Phone]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.apk\shell\Install to Phone\command]
@="<SDK DIRECTORY GOES HERE!>\\tools\\adb.exe install %1"

NOTICE! MS for some reason requires double slashes between dirs

EXAMPLE: @="G:\\sdk\\tools\\adb.exe install %1"

Can you tell me what exactly is "SDK directory"?
I didn't install Android SDK too, will I have to install it to use this tweak in my PC?
Also, is there any way to show "APK Thumbnail in Win 7" ?

Originally Posted by darkerm

Can you tell me what exactly is "SDK directory"?
I didn't install Android SDK too, will I have to install it to use this tweak in my PC?
Also, is there any way to show "APK Thumbnail in Win 7" ?

SDK directory is where the sdk is installed. if you didnt install it, it is where adb.exe is located
Download adb from here and link to that directory