# Dynamic menus and miscounted references

DevFeed: [Dynamic menus and miscounted references](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dynamic-menus-and-miscounted-references-32778.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/dynamic-menus-miscounted-references/>)

Published: 2014-08-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/file.md>)

Tags: [compilation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compilation.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/file.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

A ReactOS developer report describes work on file browser menus, including investigation of how the Windows shell manages menus through the WM_INITMENUPOPUP message handler.

## Source excerpt

Hello everyone, I know I promised weekly reports but it's summer time and, although I haven't really been out on vacation, I have been taking my schedule a lot more loosely than usual. After fixing the stobject compilation, I set my sights on the file browser menus. I began by trying to figure out how the Windows shell manages the menus, and I realized that most of the actual work was done in the WM_INITMENUPOPUP message handler.