Copy and paste are handy options for copying file titles into documents. To copy a file title from Windows Explorer, you would usually select the Rename option and then copy the text. However, with the freeware Copy Path to Clipbo...
Do you have a couple of documents that need to be compared? If so, you can add Compare later and Compare to options to the context menu. When selected those options will then open the DiffMerge, which is a file comparison utility....
You can encrypt files with various password software packages. However, there aren’t many apps that add password options to the Windows context menu. Lazar Crypter is an open source package that does just that so you can add...
The Windows XP System Properties window was one that included tabs for hardware, system restore etc. You can partly restore the classic Windows XP System Properties window on both Windows Vista and 7. Then you can open that XP Sys...
Windows doesn’t have any options to customize the transparency and colors of its menus. Nevertheless, with the Moo0 Transparent Menu software we can do exactly that! That’s a freeware package available for Windows XP/V...
The Windows desktop context menu includes a New menu from which we can select various file types. Selecting a file type from that menu creates new shortcuts on the desktop. From the registry you can add a greater number of file ty...
There are various registry tweaks you can make to customize the Windows context menus. Adding software shortcuts to context menus is a great way to clear up cluttered Windows desktops. This is how you can add software shortcuts to...
Windows Explorer includes thumbnail previews of images. However, as they are thumbnails the previews are a little small. With the FastPreview 4 software you can add an expanded image preview to the right-click context menu. Check ...
Firefox has a variety of right-click context menus from which you can select various options. However, it does not include many options with which to edit, or customize, its context menus. As such, to customize Firefox’s con...
The Windows Task Manager is one of the more essential system tools which shows you what software is running, and with it you can close software even if it has frozen (or crashed). The Task Manager does not have a shortcut on the S...
The Disk Cleanup utility is one of the system tools included with Windows. To open the utility click the Start menu, select All Programs, Accessories and System Tool folders. However, with a registry tweak you can add a Disk Clean...
Previous dotTech articles have covered how you can customize right-click context menus in Windows with the registry. However, with the freeware FileMenu Tools software you don’t have to open the registry to customize the con...
The Command Prompt is the last remnant of DOS on Windows. You can add a shortcut to the Command Prompt on the Windows Explorer right-click context menu. Then you can right-click a folder, and select the Command Prompt to open in t...
When you right-click a file or folder in Windows Explorer, a context menu opens with various shortcuts and options. They can include a multitude of shell extensions such as Scan with AVG and Find Empty Folders with Glary Utilities...
You can add a variety of new options to the Windows XP/Vista/7/8 right-click context menus by tweaking the registry. Among the options that you can add to the Windows Explorer context menus are Copy To Folder and Move To Folder. B...
