Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security 3.x

Enabling start of On-Demand Scan task from context menu

October 25, 2023

ID 194306

You can enable the start of On-Demand Scan task for one or several files from a context menu in Microsoft Windows Explorer.

To enable the start of On-Demand Scan task from a context menu:

  1. Create the following REG files:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.0.0

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\kess\command]

    @="C:\\Temp\\scan.cmd \"%1\""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\kess\command]

    @="C:\\Temp\\scan.cmd \"%1\""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\kess]

    @="Scan with Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows\"

    "Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Kaspersky Lab\\Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security\\kavtrayr.dll\",0"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\kess\DefaultIcon]

    @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Kaspersky Lab\\Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security\\kavtrayr.dll\",0"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\kess]

    @="Scan with Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Windows\"

    "Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Kaspersky Lab\\Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security\\kavtrayr.dll\",0"

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\kess\DefaultIcon]
    @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Kaspersky Lab\\Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security\\kavtrayr.dll\",0"

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]

    "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Kaspersky Lab\\Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security\\kavshell.exe"="~ RUNASADMIN"

    You need to specify the actual location of the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security installation folder.

  2. Create the scan.cmd file with the following content:

    @echo off
    set LOGNAME=%RANDOM%

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security\kavshell.exe" scan "%~1" /W:c:\temp\%LOGNAME%.txt

    echo Scanning is in progress...
    type c:\temp\%LOGNAME%.txt
    del c:\temp\%LOGNAME%.txt

    timeout /t -1

    The scan.cmd file must contain the following information:

    • The location of kavshell.exe file.
    • The location of temporary file containing the scan results.
    • Parameters for the KAVSHELL SCAN command.
    • The timeout value for closing the console window when the task is finished.
  3. Copy the scan.cmd file to the folder specified in the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\kess\command] REG file.

    The C:\Temp folder is used in example.

You don't need to restart the operating system.

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