Customizing Menus

Use the Menus page of the Settings dialog box to customize menus displayed to users in the Windows Explorer File View.

1. In the Administration tool, expand Users and double-click the user whose menus you want to customize.
2. In the Properties dialog box, click Settings.
3. In the left pane of the user's Settings dialog box, click Menus.
4. In the Destination Menu drop-down list, select the File View menu to modify:

   Background Right click	The shortcut menu displayed when the user right-clicks with nothing selected.
   File Right click	The shortcut menu displayed when the user right-clicks with a file selected.
   Folder Right click	The shortcut menu displayed when the user right-clicks with a folder selected.
   Bar\Actions	The Actions menu on the SOLIDWORKS PDM menu bar.
   Bar\Modify	The Modify menu on the SOLIDWORKS PDM menu bar.
   Bar\Display	The Display menu on the SOLIDWORKS PDM menu bar.
   Bar\Tools	The Tools menu on the SOLIDWORKS PDM menu bar.

   The commands for the selected menu are listed.
5. Do any of the following:
   • To remove a command, select it and click .
   • To add a separator to the menu, select the command you want below the separator and click .
   • To add a command to the menu, under Available commands, use the Flat list or Categorized tabs to display the available commands.

     Drag the command to the location you want or click to add the selected command to the bottom of the menu.

   • To change the location of a command or divider in the menu, select it and click or .
6. To modify another menu, repeat steps 4 and 5.
   You can add the same command to multiple menus.
7. Do one of the following:
   • Click Apply to save your changes and close the Settings dialog box.
   • Click Cancel to close the Settings dialog box without saving your changes.

     When prompted to confirm that you do not want to save changes, click Yes.