The other day suddenly I realized that Explorer’s context (right click) menu had become really slow whether for files or folders. I had to wait for it to open while until then it opened instantly. My PC is an Intel i7 with SSD and 8 GB or RAM — no problem for it to open […]
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Are you trying to get rid of some useless entries in that super long context menu? Here is a free and simple program that will help you enjoy a cleaner context menu. Context Cleaner is a portable application (no need to install, just run it to start your job) divided into two columns. At the […]
OpenWithView is a free and light tool that will let you customize the open with context menu. The program lets you deactivate or reactivate and of the program entries that appear in the open with menu. Deactivating a program means that it disappears from the context menu. You will find OpenWithView very useful in case that […]
FileMenu Tools is a free program you can use to customize the Windows Explorer Context menu by adding your own options or any of the default tools. FileMenu Tools can also delete commands added by other programs. The program provides by default the following options (you can use any, all, or none of them, and create […]
Boot Deleter is a free program you can use to schedule files for deletion upon restart. The program adds to the context menu of Windows Explorer an option to mark files and folders to be deleted when Windows next starts. You may need to use this option to delete items that are locked. Items can also be […]
Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the system, but there are also many other applications that install additional shell extension components. For example: If you install WinZip on your computer, you’ll see a special WinZip menu when you right-click on a Zip file. This menu is created by adding a shell extension to the […]
If by some mistake you lost from your context menu the option to “Create new text document”, here is what you can do to restore this useful entry. Create a plain text file with the .reg extension instead of .txt and paste there these lines: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt] @=”txtfile” “Content Type”=”text/plain” “PerceivedType”=”text” […]
Windows Media Player places its context menu entries in a way that even ShellMenuView cannot disable them. However they can be removed easily. Go to Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Program Access and Computer Defaults. Check the “Custom” options and click the little arrows at the far right side. Scroll down the menu […]
You may know that pressing the Windows key along with a number will open a program you have pinned on the taskbar, as if you clicked the program’s icon with the mouse. To show the context menu (jump list) associated with a program’s icon on the taskbar, you can right click on the icon, but […]
This is not the only context menu editor you’re going to need, so that the name Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer is rather exaggerated. You can have UWCMC to add or remove entries from the context menu of files and folders. The program will let you use pre-defined commands or define yours. Ultimate Windows Context […]