I'm sure people have done this already but I just added the registry key to make my life easier and didn't see one posted here so I figured I'd make it available. A very simple shell extension to allow right-click->Install of .apk files.
It assumes the adb.exe binary to be located in the default location at c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe so modify the .reg file as needed if you've installed to a different location or are still using an older version of the SDK. The install is always done with the -r flag, so it will work on first installs as well as on "update" installs.
Will release another version with uninstall capability as well when I get time, but that will probably require an additional .dll file to be included since it'll need to read the package name from inside the apkfile. (If anyone would like to take a crack at that in the meantime feel free!)
For what it's worth, enjoy
EDIT: If it's the only registered action it will also be the default action, so you can just double-click too.
It assumes the adb.exe binary to be located in the default location at c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe so modify the .reg file as needed if you've installed to a different location or are still using an older version of the SDK. The install is always done with the -r flag, so it will work on first installs as well as on "update" installs.
Will release another version with uninstall capability as well when I get time, but that will probably require an additional .dll file to be included since it'll need to read the package name from inside the apkfile. (If anyone would like to take a crack at that in the meantime feel free!)
For what it's worth, enjoy
EDIT: If it's the only registered action it will also be the default action, so you can just double-click too.
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