gHacks technology news » context http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Add Context Tools to Windows http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/23/add-context-tools-to-windows/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/23/add-context-tools-to-windows/#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:37:03 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/23/add-context-tools-to-windows/ Windows XP and previous versions such as Windows ME or Windows 98 lack some important context menu entries that make it easier to work with the operating system. If you want to copy files from one folder to another one you normally have to open two explorer windows to move the files. The XP Context Tools add many functions to the context menu to make such operations easier. The Copy to Folder menu entry would do the job in this case.

All versions of XP Context Tools add the following menu entries to the explorer context menu:

  • Copy This Path
  • Copy Dos Path
  • New Folder Here
  • Select All Items
  • Move to Folder
  • Copy To Folder
  • Add Your Own

The last option makes it possible to add custom applications to the context menu. You may choose to add some or all of the context menu entries when choosing the custom setup option during installation.

If you download the Windows XP version you have the option to add more context menu entries to the my computer context menu. Those are the following: (as always it is up to you if you choose custom setup)

  • Add / Remove Programs
  • Control Panel
  • Device Manager
  • Disk Defragmenter
  • Disk Management
  • Msconfig
  • Registry Editor
  • Services
  • Logoff
  • Restart
  • shutdown

XP Context Utilities is a great asset for everyone who misses one or more of the context menu entries that can be added by this freeware utility.

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You are free to create new folders, sub menus and separators and fill them with the content that FileMenu Tools offers. New options vary from the very useful Command Line From Here option which opens the command line window from the selected folder. You may also run a selected program with parameters (defrag or anti-virus for example) and perform many operations such as copy path, move to, advanced delete and advanced renamer.

Besides that you can edit the Send To dialog which I personally rarely use. You can disable current options and add new ones with ease. One application could be to move files to a special data folder once they have been downloaded and checked. There are certainly other and better options but this is just to show that adding new send to entries can be useful.

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