Shell Extensions

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  1. Shell icon
     45 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.

    Shell screenshot 1
    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.

    • Discontinued
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    HashCheck Shell Extension screenshot 1
    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.

    Pick Link Source... (file/dir)
    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...

    Main Screen Tips for beginners
    44 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair12 reviews
  5. Bartender icon
     60 likes

    Bartender lets you organize your Menu Bar Apps, by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartenders Bar. You can display the full menu bar, set options to have Menu Bar Apps show in the menu bar when they are updating, or have them always visible in the Bartenders...

    Quick Reveal
    10 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).

    ScreenPlay screenshot 1
    48 alternatives
    3.6
    Good7 reviews
  7. Icaros icon
     41 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.

    Icaros screenshot 1
    6 alternatives
  8. 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.

    • PaidProprietary
    • Windows
    Boot to Desktop
    25 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent7 reviews
  9. 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...

    • Discontinued
    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    Airytec Switch Off screenshot 1
    28 alternatives
  10. 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.

    Stardock DeskScapes screenshot 1
    23 alternatives
  11. AirPodsDesktop is a free application that brings the experience of airpods on apple devices to Windows. Features include battery information, in-ear detection, low-latency audio, and of course, the default apple animation.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    AirPodsDesktop screenshot 1
    10 alternatives
  12.  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.

    KWin's desktop cube.
    56 alternatives
  13. 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.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    Menu Bar Spacing screenshot 1
    9 alternatives
  14. 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.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    menuApp.
    4 alternatives
  15. 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.

    • PaidProprietary
    • Windows
    CursorFX screenshot 1
    6 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...

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

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

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    FilerFrog screenshot 1
    5 alternatives