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CFi ShellToys puts all the tools you need right where you need them – just a click away on your context menu.
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CFi ShellToys XP is a unique powerful suite of handy shell extensions for Windows. Just right-click one or more files, a folder, or a blank space between icons in a window or open/save dialog to access over 50 handy tools!
With the help of this impressive application you may easily and quickly view & change file extensions, copy file/folder paths, view image previews right on the menu, copy/move batches of files, encrypt/decrypt/split/shred files, jump to any favorite folder in the current window, view and extract the contents of archives, global text search & replace, batch convert audio files, CD tracks, and images, assign hotkeys to your favorite ShellToys tools, plus dozens more indispensable shell tools!
With ShellToys, tedious file-management chores are handled in seconds:
- copy paths to the clipboard
- check and change file extensions
- alter file dates & attributes
- open command prompts
- batch-rename files
- find and replace text in multiple files
- synchronize folder contents
- jump instantly to favorite folders
- ... and a lot many more.
This unique collection of context menu extensions is what made ShellToys famous, but it does much more besides. There are smart Shell Tools with indispensable features such as Clock+, Clipboard+, Custom Menus, and Desktop Icon Position Saver.
Main features:
- Over 50 new shell extensions in one unique package, plus 20 extra shell tools!
- Customizable – you choose which extensions, tools and features you want to use
- Don't like right-clicking? Assign hotkeys to your favorite tools for fast keyboard access
- Context-sensitive help throughout – press F1 in any ShellToys window or dialog
- Free lifetime updates and unlimited free support by email for registered users
- ShellToys can be used in 64-bit (x64) and 32-bit versions of Windows
The shell extensions:
- Add To Send To makes it easy to add new items to your Send To menu. Right-click a file or folder (or a shortcut), select this item and choose a friendly name that should appear on the Send To menu for it.
- Add To Templates works with the New From Template tool (described below) to allow the selected file to be copied to your Templates folder.
- Archive Contents displays the contents of a zip, jar, rar or cabinet archive file and lets you extract its contents, extract a single file, copy a list of filenames to the clipboard, or view a single file.
- Batch Rename lets you apply the same type of name-change to a number of selected files, such as changing their extensions, replacing characters, adding prefixes and suffixes, or creating a new sequence of alphanumerically-named files.
- Browse Media displays thumbnail versions of images and movies, or a list of audio files or CD tracks, in the selected folder or drive. Click to display the image or movie in the Preview window or play the audio file, select different folders from the folder-tree, add bookmarks to favorite media folders, display image slideshows. Features include auto-continue for movies and audio files, movie thumbnail-caching for fast movie previewing, audio file tagging and an album-art grabber.
- Cascade On Start Menu recreates the contents of the current (or selected) folder and its subfolders on the Start menu, letting you browse and use the contents of an often-used folder without hunting it down in Explorer.
- Change Date & Time provides a quick way to change the creation and/or modification date of one or more files, or (in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003) the creation date of a folder.
- Change Extension shows you a file's extension on the menu. Click the Change Extension item to change it to something different.
- Choose Program is a flexible replacement for the Open With option in Windows, letting you define your own lists of programs for all file extensions (and folders), and open any file or folder using any program in a couple of clicks.
- Command Prompt opens a Windows command prompt or MS-DOS prompt window on the current folder path.
- Convert Audio Files is a quick and simple wizard for batch-converting audio files to and from WMA, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and WAV formats, and extracting tracks from audio CDs to any of the same formats. The CD ripper includes easy previewing, FreeDB lookups and album cover-art retrieval.
- Convert Images provides easy batch-conversion of images to and from bitmap, JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PNG formats, with control over color depth and transparency, plus automatic dithering.
- Copy/Move To Folder makes it easy to copy or move folders and/or files in any combination from one folder to another.
- Copy Path copies the full paths (or filenames only, or short paths) of one or more files or folders to the clipboard ready for pasting elsewhere.
- Create Virtual Drive lets you create a virtual drive from a frequently-used folder, giving quick access to its contents in My Computer, Windows Explorer, and file open/save dialogs.
- Delete On Reboot makes it easy to schedule one or more files or empty folders for automatic deletion next time Windows starts.
- Duplicate File quickly creates a copy of a selected file in the same folder using the name and/or extension you choose.
- Encrypt/Decrypt File encrypts one or more files using powerful 448-bit Blowfish encryption combined with your choice of private key, or decrypts files previously encrypted by ShellToys.
- Explore Rooted opens a dual-page Explorer window 'rooted' to the selected folder (or the folder containing the selected file).
- Extended Delete makes it easy to find (and optionally delete to the Recycle Bin) files in multiple folders that match a particular file mask.
- Extended Search & Replace is a powerful text-search-and-replace tool for quickly making text replacements in multiple files across multiple folders. (Or, if you prefer, simply finding files to work with that match certain criteria.)
- Find Folder provides a quick way to search a drive or folder for subfolders whose names contain particular characters.
- Folder Color allows you to apply a custom color to standard folder icons from a choice of 360 hues. You can save colors as named presets to apply them quickly to new folders.
- Folder Contents displays the contents of a folder (its files and subfolders). Click any item to open the folder or file.
- Folder Size analyzes a folder's contents and displays a mine of information about the folder, its subfolders and files, making it easy to find the largest files and folders on your system, and identify folders that are wasting the most space.
- Go To Folder makes it easy to jump to a different folder in the current window, an Open/Save dialog, or a new window, storing a list of your most-used folders for one-click switching.
- Image Size displays the dimensions and color-depth of an image file, and can also display a scaled version of the image on the menu itself. The image or animation is shown in a separate viewer window when the item is clicked. The viewer window provides options for image browsing, full-screen slideshows, image properties and printing.
- Junction Point Target displays the path to the source folder of an NTFS junction point, and allows you to copy the path to the clipboard or delete the junction point.
- Mask By Type opens a window similar to the standard folder window, but displaying only files that have the same extensions as those selected.
- MD5 Checksum/CRC calculates and displays the MD5 checksum (or the CRC by holding Ctrl) of a selected file.
- Media Info displays tag and file information for MP3, Windows Media, Ogg Vorbis and Wave audio files, displays file information for video files, and allows the file to be opened in the built-in audio/video player and MP3/WMA/Ogg tag editor.
- New File Here gives you a quick way to create a new, blank file of any type (with any name, in any location), and optionally open it for editing, all in one fast and simple operation.
- New Folder Here provides a quick way to create a new folder in the current or selected folder, or to create subfolders in multiple selected folders.
- New From Template is a more flexible alternative to the New menu. ShellToys creates a personal Templates folder for you which can hold any number of template files of any type (including several of the same type). Just pick the file you want to create from this submenu, select a name and whether to open it immediately.
- Open In Notepad simply opens the selected file in Windows Notepad, whatever type of file it is.
- Play Media Album plays all the MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV files in a folder (or shortcuts to those file types) in alphabetical order, using a simple and compact player window, as well as playing audio CDs.
- Portfolio is a powerful repository for temporarily storing a list of files and folders from anywhere on your system as a list. You can then move, copy or create shortcuts to these items in one action, or open the Portfolio window to view and work with these items.
- Preview provides Windows Vista users with a more flexible alternative to the awkward Preview Pane in Explorer windows. Preview opens in a separate window, but uses the same Vista previewing features as well as allowing a greater number of file types to be previewed.
- Print Folder Listing prints the names and other details of all the files in the selected folder (or the folder containing the selected file), optionally including its subfolders, or prints the tree structure. It can alternatively copy the same details to the clipboard.
- Recent Files displays a list of files used within the last 7 days whose extensions match those of the selected files. Listed files can be double-clicked to open them, right-clicked, or dragged into another window.
- Resize Images provides a straightforward way to resize images (either individually or in a batch). Choose preset or custom dimensions (or a percentage), and save settings as named presets for easy reuse.
- Run With Parameters makes it easy to run chosen executables with your chosen parameters and switches by right-clicking the EXE file (or a shortcut to it). The chosen parameters can be saved in a list for the current executable or for all executables.
- Select By Type makes it easy to select all the files in the current folder or Open/Save dialog which have the same extension as those selected.
- Set Attributes lets you view and change the Archive, Read-only, Hidden, System and Compressed attributes of one or more files or folders.
- Shortcut Target shows you what file or URL a shortcut or Internet Shortcut points to, and lets you open it, go to its folder, or copy its path to the clipboard. Shortcut Target can be used in the Start and Favorites menus as well as folder windows and file dialogs.
- Shred File permanently deletes the selected files by overwriting them multiple times with dummy data and then deleting them from the disk.
- Shut Down adds a Shut Down submenu to the context menu shown when you right-click the desktop, allowing quick shutdown/restart/log-off/standby/hibernate without prompt dialogs.
- Split File splits a large file into any number of smaller pieces to enable them to be distributed on floppy disks, the World Wide Web, or in email or Usenet attachments. A small Assembler utility is provided for distribution with the file parts.
- Synchronize Folder makes it easy to synchronize the contents of a selected folder with another folder on your system, giving a choice of 6 synchronization options and the ability to include subfolders.
- Up One Level adds an item to the top of the context menu for folder backgrounds and the backgrounds of Open/Save dialogs, allowing easy switching to the parent folder.
- View Icons is a powerful icon viewer and extractor: browse the icons inside .exe and .dll files, extract one or all icons, and even save individual icon-images as new icons or as bitmap, PNG, GIF or JPEG images.
- Zip Files makes it easy to create a new zip archive containing one or more selected files (or a combination of files and folders): just select the required files, choose Zip Files and enter a name for the new zip.
- Zip Folder provides a fast way to zip the contents of the current folder, or one or more selected folders, optionally excluding subfolders. Automatic intelligent numbering makes cumulative project backups a snap.
The extra shell tools included in ShellToys:
Hotkeys: assign keyboard shortcuts to your most-used ShellToys shell extensions for quick access without right-clicking.
Explorer Hotkeys: you can also assign shortcut keys to Explorer functions for Invert Selection, View (Icons/List/Thumbnails, etc) and Arrange (Name/Size/Type).
Window Hotkeys: setup global hotkeys to minimize, maximize or restore windows from the keyboard, or toggle window transparency on and off.
Clipboard+: an extended clipboard utility that stores any text, graphics and files/folders copied to the clipboard, and allows stored items to be copied back to the clipboard.
AutoType: displays any number of user-defined text clips (along with the last 10 text items copied to the clipboard) on a popup menu accessible via a system-wide hotkey. Select a clip to insert its text straight into the foreground window, bypassing the clipboard.
CFi Explorer: a tabbed alternative to Windows Explorer for users of Windows 7/Vista.
Clock+: a powerful extension to the taskbar clock – display your own choice of date and/or time format using your own choice of font on up to three lines.
Clock+ Calendar: with Clock+ enabled, just double-click the clock to display the calendar Windows users have been waiting for.
Clock+ Reminders: add an appointment by simply double-clicking a date on the calendar and typing your text. ShellToys will display a reminder (and play a sound) at the appropriate date and time.
Clock+ Alarms: schedule up to 3 separate audible alarms to play at different times. Each alarm can be set to play just once, or daily at the same time.
Clock+ Stopwatch: a simple timer utility with pause/resume with a tiny window which stays on top of other open windows.
Custom Menus: frustrated by the number of unnecessary items that appear on your context menus? Use this tool to gather your unused items onto a separate submenu, out of the way, reorganize them into several 'themed' submenus, or even hide them entirely.
Desktop Icon Position Saver: allows you to save and restore desktop-icon layouts for different screen resolutions. This tool can even apply the correct layout automatically whenever your screen resolution changes.
Dialogs+: customizes file Open/Save dialogs, allowing you to specify the dimensions and view-style of dialog when they appear and adding a Go To Folder menu for quick navigation between frequently-used folders.
Customize 'Send To' Menu: easily hide unwanted items that appear on the Send To menu without deleting them.
Customize 'New' Menu: hide items that appear on the New menu without deleting them, or add your own templates to the New menu quickly and easily.
Clear Temp Folder: empties your Temp folder each time Windows starts to remove unnecessary temporary files.
Image Editor: not a shell-related tool at all – by popular demand we've added an image editor that allows you to crop, rotate or resize an image, and apply filters and effects. You can access the image editor from the Start menu or from the Image Size and Browse Media shell extensions.
Drag/Drop Archive Extraction: adds extraction options to the context menu shown when you drag-and-drop a zip/cab/jar/rar archive using the right-mouse button.
Drag/Drop Hard Link Creation: on NTFS file systems, this tool adds options to create hard links or a junction point when you drag-and-drop files or a folder using the right mouse-button.
Drag/Drop Taskbar Buttons: on Windows Vista/XP systems, this tool allows you to rearrange the buttons on the taskbar by dragging and dropping them into new positions or hide buttons by dragging them onto the desktop.
Drag/Drop To New Folder: adds options to move or copy items to a new folder in the chosen location when you drag-and-drop files or folders using the right mouse-button.
Shut Down Utility: this is the tiny utility that manages the Shut Down context-menu items. You can create shortcuts to this utility on your desktop or Start menu as another way to choose shutdown options.
Eject Utility: this is the utility that manages the eject-CD feature in Convert Audio Files. You can create shortcuts to this utility on your desktop or Start menu to provide a quick way to open or close particular optical drives.
Requirements:
- Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher
- 10 MB disk space for installation
- Recommended: True Color (32-bit) display at 1024x768 or greater
Limitations:
- 45 day trial
Downloadtube.com Editor Final Note:
ShellToys XP is an impressive software suite that provides a large number of handy tools and features that are easy to access right from the context menu of your Windows (right-click menu). Really comprehensive and powerful software - it's definitely worth a try.
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