Shell Extensions

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  1. Shell icon
     46 likes

    Shell is a context menu extender that lets you handpick the items to integrate into Windows File Explorer context menu, create custom commands to access all your favorite web pages, files, and folders, and launch any application directly from the context menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Shell screenshot 1
    Shell screenshot 1
    Shell screenshot 2
    +7
    Shell screenshot 3
    18 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent12 reviews
  2. File-integrity verification with CRC-32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2 and SHA-3, integrated into Windows file-properties dialog box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    HashCheck Shell Extension screenshot 1
    HashCheck Shell Extension screenshot 1
    HashCheck Shell Extension screenshot 2
    +1
    HashCheck Shell Extension screenshot 3
    56 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good13 reviews
  3. Link Shell Extension (LSE) provides for the creation of Hardlinks , Junctions , Volume Mountpoints , and Vistas Symbolic Links, (herein referred to collectively as Links) and a Folder Cloning process that utilizes Hardlinks or Symbolic Links.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
    • Chocolatey
    Pick Link Source... (file/dir)
    and Drop As... Symbolic Link, Junction, Hard Link and more
    5 alternatives
  4. FileMenu Tools icon
     84 likes

    FileMenu Tools lets you customize the context (right-click) menu of Windows Explorer. The application adds built-in utilities to perform operations on files and folders and adds customized commands that let users run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Main Screen Tips for beginners
    Example of Menu and Submenu (for a Folder)
    Tools
    +22
    Menu
    44 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair12 reviews
  5. Icaros icon
     42 likes

    Icaros is a collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for essentially any video media filetype.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Icaros screenshot 1
    Icaros screenshot 1
    Icaros screenshot 2
    6 alternatives
  6. ScreenPlay icon
     33 likes

    ScreenPlay is an Open Source cross-platform app for displaying Video Wallpaper & Widgets. It is written in modern C++20/Qt6/QML. It currently supports Windows and macOS (x64 and arm).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    ScreenPlay screenshot 1
    ScreenPlay screenshot 1
    ScreenPlay screenshot 2
    49 alternatives
    3.6
    Good7 reviews
  7. StartIsBack icon
     32 likes

    StartIsBack returns Windows 8 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. StartIsBack radically improves desktop usability and makes new Start screen clutter-free.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Boot to Desktop
    Original fully-featured Windows 7 start menu
    Desktop and Modern interfaces are clearly separated
    +1
    Rich customization and configuration
    25 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent7 reviews
  8. Sideslide icon
     17 likes

    SideSlide is an advanced, portable, unobtrusive, dockable, skinnable, instantly accessible, highly configurable Desktop Extension on Steroids! Clean desktop clutter and make your computer friendlier and faster than ever before.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Sideslide screenshot 1
    24 alternatives
  9.  9 likes

    KWin is a window manager for the X Window System, and is in the process of becoming a Wayland compositor. It is an integral part, and the default window manager of the Plasma Workspaces, but it can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    KWin's desktop cube.
    56 alternatives
  10. Switch Off is a lightweight, easy-to-use, tray-based system utility that can automatically shutdown, suspend or hibernate your system. The user-friendly, intuitive interface is designed to seamlessly integrate into Windows and provide quick access to all operations through the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Airytec Switch Off screenshot 1
    Airytec Switch Off screenshot 1
    Popup schedule window
    +3
    Right click menu with one-click scheduling option
    28 alternatives
  11. Bring your wallpaper to life with DeskScapes! DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Stardock DeskScapes screenshot 1
    Stardock DeskScapes screenshot 1
    Stardock DeskScapes screenshot 2
    +4
    Stardock DeskScapes screenshot 3
    23 alternatives
  12. Menu bar apps are awesome, but MacBooks have limited menu bar space. This app helps you reclaim that space by reducing the gap between menu bar items. With a single run, the app applies changes permanently, allowing you to fit more apps into the menu bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Menu Bar Spacing screenshot 1
    Menu Bar Spacing screenshot 1
    Menu Bar Spacing screenshot 2
    9 alternatives
  13. Nimi Visuals icon
     12 likes

    Adds eye-candy effects to windows (and start menu) like deformations (e.g: jelly windows - that makes moved window wiggle like being made from jelly; or fold - which hides windows by folding up horizontally, and unfolds when showing), physics (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Nimi Visuals screenshot 1
    Nimi Visuals screenshot 1
    Nimi Visuals screenshot 2
    27 alternatives
  14. CursorFX icon
     3 likes

    CursorFX is a software for customizing and animating mouse cursors on Windows PCs. Users can design their own cursors, animate them with special effects, and customize mouse click sounds. The software offers a library of cursors from WinCustomize.com.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CursorFX screenshot 1
    CursorFX screenshot 1
    6 alternatives
  15. menuApp icon
     8 likes

    menuApp is an application which allows you to configure menus and use them to launch your favourite programs, music files, documents, websites, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    menuApp.
    menuApp with ordered entries.
    Configuration Editor
    +5
    Configuration - Hotkey section
    4 alternatives
  16. VistaSwitcher icon
     36 likes

    VistaSwitcher is an elegant and powerful task management utility for Windows OS. Once installed, it replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks, with their names and preview snapshots, and enables the user to take actions on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    VistaSwitcher screenshot 1
    25 alternatives
  17. FilerFrog icon
     14 likes

    FilerFrog helps you perform your every day file manipulation actions easily and efficiently

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FilerFrog screenshot 1
    FilerFrog screenshot 1
    5 alternatives
  18. CustomizerGod icon
     6 likes

    It lets you customize almost any part of Windows according to your taste. Like if you want the start button to look different, you can use CustomizerGod to change it from the Windows logo to something fun like a candy or a minion's face.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    14 alternatives