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Author Topic: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu  (Read 17680 times)

KenR

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FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« on: December 23, 2006, 06:23 AM »
I don't know about your's, but I can tell you my context menus could definitely use some tweaking.

FileMenu Tools lets customize the context menu of the Windows Explorer. It lets configure the following aspects:

    * Add some build-in utilities in order to do operations over files and folders.
    * Add customized commands which let run external applications, copy/move to a specific
       folder or delete specific file types.
    * Configure the "Send to..." submenu.
    * Enable/disable the commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2006, 06:50 AM »
Mine too! great find!

Still looking forward to ContextMenu Commander, but this certainly has made the context menu tidier!

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2007, 09:50 AM »
I would be cautious in using this tool.  It broke the default Open action for links on my Windows 2000 machine.  I won't go into great detail, but suffice to say you don't want that to happen!  I did eventually manage to recover via some careful registry editing.


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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2007, 01:26 PM »
I rediscovered this program while rebuilding my laptop. I am looking at my Desktop box to see what I have installed there that I want to also put on my laptop. FileMenu Tools is one such program. However, I had forgotten how useful it is as I had, for some reason, turned off most of the available utilities it has and was using it to copy the name of the file to the clipboard and to copy the contents of a file to clipboard. It has been on my WinXP box for many months without any stability issues.
« Last Edit: October 14, 2007, 01:29 PM by tinjaw »

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2007, 01:42 PM »
It looks/sounds like a ShellToys clone. I see from the screenie that it lets you create context menu subfolders, that's a big plus over ShellToys which doesn't.

Also take a look at Hace MMM+ if you're looking just to tame the context menu without getting all the added gizmos.

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2007, 02:50 PM »
This goes beyond just changing the context menu. There are several built-in utilities: Find and Replace, Advanced Renamer, Advanced Delete, Copy/Move, Synchronize Folders, and Change Time are some of them. Screenies available on their website.

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FileMenu Tools
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2009, 05:37 PM »
FileMenu Tools is offering exceptionally good value for the price  :)
- still freeware and now at version 5.6 it is quite awesome what it can do:


LopeSoft.gif


The built-in utilities are described halfway down http://www.lopesoft....en/fmtools/info.html, below the old screenshot, and is defiantly definitely worth reading.
« Last Edit: May 03, 2009, 12:43 PM by Curt »

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2009, 07:50 AM »
The built-in utilities are described halfway down http://www.lopesoft....en/fmtools/info.html, below the old screenshot, and is defiantly worth reading.

agreed, FileMenu Tools is quite handy to have on one's PC but Curt surely you mean 'definitely'.. :)

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2009, 12:43 PM »
- definitely!

Thanks  :up:

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2016, 09:20 AM »
Lopesoft has been off the Internet for a few weeks, but is now back on track - and meanwhile FileMenu Tools has been updated to 7.0.4.

http://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/

PS! I said it wrong in a previous post. FileMenu Tools is not really freeware, but donationware...

« Last Edit: February 26, 2016, 05:54 PM by Curt »

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2017, 05:07 PM »
FileMenu Tools is offering exceptionally good value for the price  :)
- still freeware and now at version 5.6 it is quite awesome what it can do:

FileMenu Tools are now two versions, free and not free, €10 + VAT
https://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/buynow/buynow-filemenutools

Hi,
Thank you for your donation!
You can download the standalone installer from the following link:
http://www.lopesoft.(...).exe
Merry Christmas & New Year!!
http://www.lopesoft.com
2015-12-24
-old days

but now:

Lopesoft-1.gifFileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context MenuLopesoft2.gifFileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu


Why did I update, it was working just fine. Well, I still think it's a really good tool:
https://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/products/filemenutools

Modified:
The volume discount is quite impressive:

Lopesoft3.gifFileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Last Edit: February 16, 2017, 05:54 PM by Curt, Reason: volume discount »

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2017, 01:28 PM »
I am using several years ago.
Sometimes i don't want to update because the installer wants to install also other "things".

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Re: FileMenu Tools: Customize Windows Explorer's Context Menu
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2017, 03:36 PM »
Sometimes i don't want to update because the installer wants to install also other "things".

^because you are using the free version. Of course the pro version doesn't do that.