Add Enqueue and Play in Foobar options in mp3 right click context menu
I switched to Foobar recently. It is an awesome media player, but I noticed that for some files (like mp3s) the Enqueue in Foobar option was not present in the right-click context menu. If Foobar was set as the default program, Play in foobar showed up, but the enqueue option still remained missing. 
On further investigation I realised that only the files supported by Windows Media Player did not show the Enqueue in Foobar option.
Though the usual solutions to the problem involve registry modifications, I found a very simple solution to it.
First make sure the Folder Context Menus option is checked in the Library>Configure>Shell Integration in Foobar.
- Go to Control Panel > Default Programs > Set program access and computer defaults
- Choose the Custom configuration.
- In the section Choose a default media player uncheck Enable access to this program for Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player.
- Done.
The “Enqueue in Foobar” option will be present in the right-click context menu of all audio files now. :)
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February 2, 2010 - 2:31 am
This tip worked perfectly for me! Thanks!!
February 22, 2010 - 7:40 pm
It worked perfectly! Thank you! :D
March 7, 2010 - 5:27 pm
Thank you so goddamn much! This was bothering me after I built my new comp
April 5, 2010 - 5:00 am
Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!
April 18, 2010 - 8:21 pm
Thatnk you! I’ve been searching for a fix for this annoying bug and this is the only page that had it. I will rename a pet goldfish after you.
April 19, 2010 - 1:15 am
Hehe. Glad to be of service. (:
April 22, 2010 - 3:21 pm
Great!
April 25, 2010 - 12:42 pm
Beautiful!
May 3, 2010 - 12:24 am
This is beautiful! Worked perfectly! :)
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June 19, 2010 - 2:14 am
wow thanks. I built a new system and this issue stood out. It was really pissing me off. Thanks so much :)
June 19, 2010 - 10:22 am
works perfectly ? you don’t know what are you talking about… enqueue’s for foobar works, thats right but if you disable access to WMP then many programs using WMP like subtitle’s editors just crashing after start, same thing for some web players using WMP (like eurosport player)
June 19, 2010 - 12:26 pm
You are quite right Paul. This tip does cut off access to WMP for other applications as well.
So if you are using WMP, your user experience will be affected. I guess it’s a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils. OR, you can opt for the registry hack method to manually put the Enqueue option to the right click menu.
July 14, 2010 - 12:00 am
Thanks a lot! worked for me!
August 10, 2010 - 5:32 pm
Thanks for the tip, quick and easy solution for an annoying problem.
October 12, 2010 - 5:38 am
nice tip. thank you.
November 12, 2010 - 9:11 am
You saved my bacon! Thank you. :)
January 22, 2011 - 8:48 am
much appreciated!
February 3, 2011 - 2:52 am
Thank you! This was driving me nuts for the longest time.
February 14, 2011 - 3:02 pm
Thanks very much for this! I’m forever reinstalling Windows and can never remember how to get the enqueue menu item for mp3. It has the added advantage of stopping media player popping up when I don’t want it to.
February 16, 2011 - 5:42 am
Many thanks!
February 20, 2011 - 8:36 pm
Thanks for the comments guys! :) Glad to be of help. :D
April 17, 2011 - 1:42 pm
Fantastic method, I was wondering why this enqueue option worked with vista_x86 and not with windows7_x64 on some systems. Thanx a lot for this. You really rock!
April 26, 2011 - 9:27 am
Glad to help. :)
May 30, 2011 - 5:03 pm
Help, I can’t figure it out. First of all, my Foobar configure menu does not show Shell Integration. Only Context Menu (ROOT, the menu inside Foobar.
I did the other step, unchecking windows media player, winamp, etc. Now in te right-click context menu, the 2nd option is still Enqueue in Winamp, even after removing Winamp and restarting PC.
Anyone?
May 30, 2011 - 4:53 pm
Help, I can’t figure it out. First of all, my Foobar configure menu does not show Shell Integration. Only Context Menu (ROOT, the menu inside Foobar.
I did the other step, unchecking windows media player, winamp, etc. Now in te right-click context menu, the 2nd option is still Enqueue in Winamp, even after removing Winamp and restarting PC.
Anyone?
May 30, 2011 - 5:16 pm
Okay… I updated to v1 ;) Thanks!
May 30, 2011 - 11:19 pm
Did it work Johnny? :)
July 21, 2011 - 4:26 am
This is amazing, I had to tinker the registry before, but it turned out to be that easy! Thanks!
July 21, 2011 - 10:42 pm
Thanks for the comment Splinesplitter. :) Glad you found it useful.
-Sid
September 18, 2011 - 9:59 pm
Many thanks for sharing this information!
September 20, 2011 - 2:52 pm
Thank you for the comment. :)
October 2, 2011 - 4:10 am
Thanks, working fine.
I am from Ecuador, I not speack english fine, but this tutorial is very good for the images, is easy to understand.
God Bless You
October 4, 2011 - 9:34 pm
Thank you Wachin_id for the wonderful comment! :D
-Sid
October 9, 2011 - 9:00 pm
Awesome! thank you. I use foobar and mpc-ht so this worked great for me.
October 18, 2011 - 3:04 pm
Brilliant! Been missing enqueue since moving to Windows 7. Thanks Heaps!!
December 1, 2011 - 12:50 am
You just made my day!!
December 3, 2011 - 3:13 am
Yeah, thanks for that!
December 15, 2011 - 10:24 pm
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I was missing the en-queue option since moving to Windows 7
This was only page that helped me fix the issue since i am not that much of techie but your page is easy to understand.
December 24, 2011 - 4:14 pm
A MILLION THANKS!
Just great – worked perfectly :)
Merry Xmas & a happy New Year
December 24, 2011 - 8:07 pm
Works like a charm!
Thanx, mate and merry X-mas!!
January 8, 2012 - 9:06 am
Thanks so much dude. U r awesome.
January 12, 2012 - 2:42 am
i also love you for this