Remove Items from the Windows Explorer and IE Context Menus

This article was written on June 29, 2012 by CyberNet.

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When you install applications such as Adobe Acrobat they like to tuck away menu items in the context/right-click menus in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. They tend to think that this kind of stuff is there to make your life easier, but often times they end up cluttering up the menus so much that it takes even longer to find the things you really need.

MenuMaid is an app that is will help you do some housekeeping on the menus in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer by giving you a list of all the non-standard entries that have been added. Simply uncheck the boxes next to any of the items you want removed and the change will be made immediately. If you change your mind and want to add the entry back just check the box again.

The really handy thing is that MenuMaid will tell you when the context menu entries will appear in both Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. From the screenshot above you can see that some of the entries appear when I right-click on everything, some only on drives, and then some only on folders. That can be really handy to know to help ensure you disable the correct thing.

MenuMaid Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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Image Preview in the Windows Context Menu

This article was written on August 24, 2011 by CyberNet.

Image previewWouldn’t it be nice if you could see a larger preview of an image without having to actually open the photo? That’s exactly what FastPreview does, and it does a pretty awesome job of it. All you have to do is right-click on the image file and a larger preview will be shown right there in the context menu.

That’s not all it does either. Here are some of the features the developer highlights:

  • Fast Viewer – Showing the image including different scaling types and JPEG rotations
    • Images are scaled to fit the screen when opened
    • Lots of supported file types
  • Shell integration – Integrates into File Context Menus
    • Configurable dimensions of the preview
  • Shell integration – Integrates into File Properties Pages showing:
    • Adobe eXtensible Metadata Language (XMP) information
    • Exif Camera/Image information
    • IPTC Media information

It’s nice being able to adjust the preview size, but using a significantly larger preview will mean that the menu is a little harder to navigate. The good news is that this preview only shows up for image files so you won’t always lose that valuable space.

FastPreview Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)
via AddictiveTips

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Windows 8 renames Windows Explorer, File Explorer to help you find files instead

Windows 8 renames Windows Explorer, File Explorer to help you find files instead

Come gather ’round PCs, wherever files roam, and admit Windows Explorer, simply has to go. And accept it that soon, your OS’ll be Metro. If your file finding time is worth savin’ — then you better get used to File Explorer instead, for the times they are a-changin’.

Windows 8 renames Windows Explorer, File Explorer to help you find files instead originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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