📋 Copy Code – Explorer Context-Menu Tool

“Copy Code” adds a right-click option to Windows Explorer that places any file’s
contents on your clipboard wrapped in a Markdown-ready fenced code block—perfect
for chats, issues, docs, or pull requests with syntax highlighting.

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🔍 How It Works

1. After installation, you can right click a file, e.g. hello.py and select "Copy Code". This will copy it in this format:

   hello.py (C:\Projects\hello.py)
   ```python
   print("Hello, world!")
   ```
   

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🤔 Why Compile with PS2EXE?

If Explorer launches a raw PowerShell script from a context menu, Windows always flashes a console window—even with -WindowStyle Hidden.
Compiling the script with PS2EXE turns it into a tiny Win32 executable that runs in the “windows” subsystem (no console), so Copy Code pops up nothing at all—just instant clipboard magic.

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🛡️ Recommended Install Location

Inside C:\Program Files (or any sub-folder)

That protected path prevents non-admin users or malware from swapping out the executable that Explorer will run.

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Quick Start

1. Open Windows Terminal / Powershell as Administrator

2. Clone the repo into the protected path

   git clone https://github.com/zappybiby/RightClickCopyCode.git "C:\Program Files\CopyCode"

3. Change into the install directory

   cd "C:\Program Files\CopyCode"

4. Bypass the execution policy (if needed)
   This lets you run the unsigned installer script for this session only:

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

5. Run the installer

   .\Install.ps1 -Install

   • Compiles CopyCode.ps1 → CopyCode.exe
   • Registers the Copy code context-menu entry
   • Prompts to install PS2EXE if it’s not already available

✂️ Using “Copy Code”

1. Right-click any file in Explorer.
2. Choose Copy code.
3. Paste anywhere—your clipboard now holds a labelled, fenced block.

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🧹 Uninstalling

Use the built-in switch:

.\Install.ps1 -Uninstall

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