So I figured out how to add a menu when someone right clicks on a .mov or .avi and then they can click and it runs a batch file. That works great but how would I go about getting the file name from the file that I right clicked from? My menu says Convert to Blah and now it does some command line stuff based on a specific folder or file that I have to hard code. Is there a way I can get the file name and extention of the file that I right clicked on, regardless of where the file is..is there a directory\Path\%file% kind of thing?

%~f1 Read more: FOR /? (Look for the list that starts out with %~I, and replace "I" with "1".)

I understand %~f1 will get the full qualified path but the question is how can I right click on a file and have that full qualified path be put into a variable so I can call it in my other command line? Not dragging the file onto the .bat...only right clicking on the file...is this possible?

Assuming you correctly followed the instructions you posted in your context menu post? %~f1 If you want to save the name in some sort of list, or in some sort of environment variable (for another program/script), then you'll have to write a script to do that.

It works. I actually had the code already and didn't realize it. Thanks for your patience.