Windows 10 offers a wealth of options for customizing the context menu, but many users may not know how to get started. In this article, we’ll show you how to power up your Windows 10 context menu with shell menu tools. The Windows 10 context menu is a collection of commands and shortcuts that can be accessed by right-clicking on any object in the operating system. This includes files, folders, windows, and even apps. The context menu can be customized in a number of ways, including adding new commands and shortcuts, removing unwanted commands, and changing the appearance and behavior of the menu. One way to power up your Windows 10 context menu is to use shell menu tools. This free utility allows you to add new commands and shortcuts to the context menu, as well as customize its appearance and behavior. You can also use shell menu tools to remove unwanted commands from the context menu, or change its default command set. If you’re looking to power up your Windows 10 contextmenu with shell Menu tools, then check out our guide here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/52710-how-to-power-up-windows-contextmenu-shell-menu-tools ..
This utility is called Shell Tools, and it works on any 32-bit version of Windows, whether XP or Vista.
Note: Windows Vista users already have the ability to copy the path of a file to the clipboard, and you can use a hotkey to toggle hidden files instead, but we’re all about giving you options.
Installing Shell Tools
Installation is quick and easy and you have the option to check for updates which is always a cool feature, although it’s not clear that there will be any updates since it’s still at version 1.0.1.
Once installed navigate to Start All Programs Moon Software Shell Tools so you can activate the various modules. They are all disabled by default after installation.
The Copy Filename extension allows you to easily copy names of files to the clipboard, as mentioned above.
The Filenote extension opens up notepad allows you to make comments on a file, saved as ‘filename’.txt.
Another cool one is Show Hidden Files, which lets you toggle hidden files easily via the context menu, rather than going through the menus to try and toggle the setting. This comes in very handy when troubleshooting a nasty virus or spyware application.
The CopyURL extension lets you copy a URL, link, or name from Internet shortcuts.
There are also a lot of other cool shell options to enable such as Font Loader which allows you to load and unload fonts easily, and Fresh Icons which will force windows to rebuild wrong icons for files, folders, and programs.
If you want a way to work more efficiently in Windows Shell Tools is definitely a cool utility to have.
Download Shell Tools For XP & Vista (32-bit)
