ShellExt: Option for separate instance

[cjee21]

Resolves #1001

[cjee21]

Work-in-progress. So far Qt one done and tested to work correctly. VCL one coming next as it is not as easy.

[cjee21]

@JeromeMartinez Advanced_LegacyStreamDisplay and CB_InscrireShell_SeparateInstance does not have translations yet.

[cjee21]

Rebased and added shortcut handling to multi instance.

[JeromeMartinez]

Snapshot.
But I don't see the option on Windows 11 (and if I add manually the registry key it does not seem to work), and on Windows 10 I have again the "Invalid index" error message.

[cjee21]

Snapshot. But I don't see the option on Windows 11 (and if I add manually the registry key it does not seem to work), and on Windows 10 I have again the "Invalid index" error message.

Just tested the linked build. It is working on my Windows 11 PC. Option shows and toggling it changes behaviour of shell extension.

I also get "Invalid index" which I expected as that would happen every time my C++Builder re-saves the Preferences .dfm and your build farm builds it.

Other things missing due to invalid index...

[JeromeMartinez]

Just tested the linked build. It is working on my Windows 11 PC. Option shows and toggling it changes behaviour of shell extension.

I can now have the expected behavior, maybe tester error.

I also get "Invalid index" which I expected as that would happen every time my C++Builder re-saves the Preferences .dfm and your build farm builds it.

So weird... I'll edit that part of the PR with my own C++ Builder and we'll see.

[cjee21]

So weird... I'll edit that part of the PR with my own C++ Builder and we'll see.

The latest force push should fix it. I tested and found that just re-saving all the files (master branch) in C++Builder without any changes will cause some data to be changed in GUI_Preferences.dfm and only this file (looks like something to do with trees and only this form has a tree). So I made a diff of the change and reverted that from this branch. Should be fine since this PR does not change anything concerning the tree.

The diff:

diff --git a/Source/GUI/VCL/GUI_Preferences.dfm b/Source/GUI/VCL/GUI_Preferences.dfm
index 7312fc1b..09fd9063 100644
--- a/Source/GUI/VCL/GUI_Preferences.dfm
+++ b/Source/GUI/VCL/GUI_Preferences.dfm
@@ -38,19 +38,20 @@ object PreferencesF: TPreferencesF
     TabOrder = 1
     OnChange = TreeChange
     Items.NodeData = {
-      0302000000280000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000
-      00010000000105530065007400750070002E0000000000000000000000FFFFFF
-      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000000000010841006400760061006E00630065
-      006400300000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000005
-      000000010943007500730074006F006D0069007A006500280000000000000000
-      000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000000000010553006800650065
-      007400340000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000
-      000000010B540072006500650020002600200054006500780074003400000000
-      00000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000000000010B430075
-      00730074006F006D0020007400650078007400280000000000000000000000FF
-      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000000000000105470072006100700068002E
-      0000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000000001
-      084C0061006E0067007500610067006500}
+      070200000009540054007200650065004E006F00640065002900000000000000
+      00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000000100000001055300650074
+      007500700000002F0000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00
+      0000000000000000010841006400760061006E00630065006400000031000000
+      0000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000005000000010943
+      007500730074006F006D0069007A0065000000290000000000000000000000FF
+      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000000000010553006800650065007400
+      0000350000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000
+      000000010B540072006500650020002600200054006500780074000000350000
+      000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000000000010B
+      43007500730074006F006D002000740065007800740000002900000000000000
+      00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000000000000001054700720061
+      007000680000002F0000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00
+      000000000000000001084C0061006E0067007500610067006500}
   end
   object Cancel: TButton
     Left = 593

[cjee21]

The revert looks exactly the same as PR966 fix: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfo/pull/966/files

[cjee21]

Just some changes for style consistency.

[cjee21]

https://mediaarea.net/download/snapshots/binary/mediainfo-gui/20250116/MediaInfo_GUI_24.12.20250116_Windows.exe

Did not find any issues with the context menu part on Windows 11 24H2 (26100.2894) x64.