GNOME’s file manager, Nautilus, (as you would expect) is much more than just a plain file manager. There are so many configuration options and ways to extend the default GNOME file manager. One way to extend Nautilus is by adding actions. A Nautilus action is a way to add new features that can do pretty [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic, Uncategorized

Adding new entries to the Windows right-click context menu is no easy task if you only have the tools the Windows operating system is providing to you at your disposal. It is essential for a better file management to add entries to the shell context menu to access and manage files and folders easier and [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

We already covered several Windows Explorer menu editors like File Menu Tools before. Menu Maid is another menu editor for Windows Explorer and you might wonder why you would need another editor. The main advantage of Menu Maid is its streamlined design which makes it easy and convenient to edit Windows Explorer entries. Menu Maid [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

File Menu Tools (via Technology Bites) is a free Windows Explorer context menu editor. The application comes with a set of tools to add new pre-configured functions to the context menu, edit the Send To menu and configure entries added by third party applications to the Windows Explorer. The interface itself has been streamlined for [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows Media Player adds context items to the right-click menu of several multimedia files even if you do not use this player to play those files. It would be nice to get rid of those items in the context menu to decrease the size of the menu and have only options in there that are needed. There is however no obvious option to remove the three entries which means that we once again have to rely on the Registry to fix this issue.

Categories: Knowledge, Operating Systems, Windows

The context menu pops up when you right click an item giving you some options based on the extension of the file. You could for instance select to rename the file, open it, open it with, take a look at the properties and so on. The tip I´am explaining right now will be helpfull for instance if you perform an action over and over again while the command is not directly available from the right click menu.

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows