Customize the right-click context menu in Windows XP and Vista
Posted on December 26, 2007 at 7:25 am
FileMenu Tools is a a freeware application that you can use to customize and edit the right-click context menu for Explorer in Windows XP and Windows Vista. It’s a small nifty little app that makes it super easy to add and remove menu items to the context menu. You can add built-in utilities to the context menu that perform certain operations over files and folders.
Here are a couple of other things you can do with FileMenu Tools that make working in Explorer more efficient:
- Ability to add customized commands to the context menu which let you run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder, or delete files by specific file type, etc.
- Ability to configure the Send To submenu option in Explorer.
- Ability to enable/disable commands on the context menu that were added by other applications.
I really like FileMenu Tools because it allows you to accomplish some pretty complicated tasks that would be very tedious to complete without it! Here are some of the options you can add to the context menu:
Synchronize Folders - Synchronizes two folders. It is possible configure the synchronization type (unidirectional, bidirectional, etc.) and the file types which you want to have synchronized.
Extended Delete - Need to delete all the PDFs on your immediately? This item deletes recursively specific file types from a folder. The file types are specified with wildcards, for example: *.txt, *.t??, etc.
Split and Join File - Splits the selected file into various parts and then rejoins the parts which were previously split. If you’re looking for a file splitter, you can get that plus a ton more features using this program! If you’re looking for just a file splitter, you can check out a post I wrote a while back.
Copy Name - I like this utility as it copies to the clipboard the name of the all selected elements. So if you want to get a list of all files in a folder into a text file, you can simply select them, right-click and choose Copy Name.
Change Time - Changes the creation time, the last access time, and the last write time of the selected elements. If a folder is selected, it is possible change the time recursively for all files and folders underneath.
Size of Folders - Displays the size of the folders. Quickly see how large a folder is using this utility.
Shred Files - Lets you shred the selected files definitely so it is impossible to recovery the files with recovering tools.
Overall, it’s a great freeware application that has a ton of features. If you’re looking for a way to customize the right-click menu in Explorer, then this is the ultimate tool for that purpose! It basically combines many smaller apps into one integrated all-in-one utility! Enjoy! Source De.licio.us
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Nice review and a good product, I had done a smaller review.
Nirmal, yeah this is a really cool tool. It’s so easy to customize the right-click context menu in Windows using this app!