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Title: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Broni on December 05, 2008, 07:42:38 PM

HERE (http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2008/12/04/power-up-your-windows-context-menu-with-shell-menu-tools/)

Once installed navigate to Start \ All Programs \ Moon Software \ Shell Tools so you can activate the various modules.  They are all disabled by default after installation.

(http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/files/2008/11/22controlpanel.png)

The Copy Filename extension allows you to easily copy names of files to the clipboard, as mentioned above.

(http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/files/2008/11/copyfilename.png)

The Filenote extension opens up notepad allows you to make comments on a file, saved as ‘filename’.txt.

(http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/files/2008/11/321.png)

Another cool one is Show Hidden Files, which lets you toggle hidden files easily via the context menu, rather than going through the menus to try and toggle the setting. This comes in very handy when troubleshooting a nasty virus or spyware application.

(http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/files/2008/11/2showhiddenfiles.png)

The CopyURL extension lets you copy a URL, link, or name from Internet shortcuts.

(http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/files/2008/11/1114.png)

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on December 08, 2008, 02:37:27 AM

Sounds good. How do you like it Broni?

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Broni on December 08, 2008, 09:36:14 AM

I've been using it for couple of days....handy.

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: ChrisXPPro on December 08, 2008, 09:34:25 PM

Looks quite cool tho - some of those features are dead easy to do with standard shell and options.

Let us know how much you have used it an another week or three?!

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Broni on December 08, 2008, 10:22:55 PM

Two features, I use the most is "filenote", and "copy filename".

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: ChrisXPPro on December 08, 2008, 10:26:14 PM

Yep - filenote does sound handy but the filename copy is easy just by a slow double click on the name - away from icon and then CTRL+C ... achieves same sending that to clipboard.

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on December 08, 2008, 10:27:54 PM

Quote from: ChrisXPPro on December 08, 2008, 10:26:14 PM

Yep - filenote does sound handy but the filename copy is easy just by a slow double click on the name - away from icon and then CTRL+C ... achieves same sending that to clipboard.

You may find this interesting..

Click on a file and press F2.

Installing now, Broni. Gonna see what it's like.

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: ChrisXPPro on December 08, 2008, 10:29:57 PM

Quote

You may find this interesting..

Click on a file and press F2.

Haha - yep that works too - not that I had used it - done the other way for years so it's a habit.  Good to know tho thx.

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Broni on December 08, 2008, 11:00:20 PM

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slow double click on the name

Believe me, when I do this, 50% of the time it's not slow enough, and I just open the file....LOL

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on December 08, 2008, 11:07:32 PM

Installed. I can see how this will be very useful.

Thanks. ;)

Title: Re: Power Up Your Windows Context Menu with Shell Menu Tools
Post by: Broni on December 08, 2008, 11:13:05 PM

Any time :)