gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » file menu tools http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Configure The 7-Zip Windows Explorer Context Menuhttp://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/09/configure-the-7-zip-windows-explorer-context-menu/ http://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/09/configure-the-7-zip-windows-explorer-context-menu/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:08:42 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=23578 The popular compression software 7-Zip integrates itself nicely into Windows Explorer to make compression related tasks comfortable. Depending on the file selecting options are displayed to compress or uncompress the selection.

Usually a lot of options are displayed when right-clicking files or folders in Windows Explorer which makes it more complex than necessary to selected the needed options. A right-click on an archive for instance displays options to open the archive, extract the files, extract the contents in the current folder, extract the contents to a folder with the same name as the archive and to test the archive.

The same is true for creating new archives as options are displayed to add the files and folders to the archive, compress and email the selection, create a 7z or zip archive and compress and email the selection as a 7z or zip archive.

The entries that are displayed in Windows Explorer can be configured right in 7-Zip. A click on Tools > Options will open the 7-Zip configuration menu. Switching to Plugins and clicking on the options button will open the Windows Explorer integration options.

It is possible to remove the options that are not needed so that they do not appear in Windows Explorer in the menu.

The changes will be visible immediately in Windows Explorer. There are of course other ways of handling Windows Explorer context menu entries like the Windows Explorer Menu Editor or File Menu Tools.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/09/configure-the-7-zip-windows-explorer-context-menu/feed/ 2 Windows Explorer Context Menu Editorhttp://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/03/windows-explorer-context-menu-editor/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/03/windows-explorer-context-menu-editor/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:19:23 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8694 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 ease of use. Each of the three options can be configured in their own tabs by checking or unchecking checkboxes. All of the 27 new functions are added by default after installation. They range from deleting locked files over displaying information about the size of folders to synchronizing directories. Most users will probably stick with a basic set of functions and disable the ones that they do not need. Another option would be to add all functions to a submenu for a better overview.

The commands of other applications that show up when a file or folder is right-clicked that is triggering the event are shown as well. They are divided into submenus like Drives, Folders or Printers. A click on an entry will display the context menu entries that have been added by third party applications.

Each entry can be removed to optimize the menus.

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File Menu Tools provide access to separators and folders that can be added to further optimize the display of the context menu entries. It is furthermore possible to move the entries around.

File Menu Tools provide an easy way to configure and optimize the Windnows Explorer context menu entries.

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