ContextEdit AlternativesContext Menu Managers and other similar apps like ContextEdit

ContextEdit is described as 'Download ContextEdit - Lets you control which items appear on your windows context menu' and is a context menu manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ContextEdit for Windows, File Explorer and Mac. The best ContextEdit alternative is Shell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ContextEdit are Easy Context Menu, FileMenu Tools, Menuist and ShellExView.

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  1. Shell icon
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Shell is the most popular Windows alternative to ContextEdit.

    • Shell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ContextEdit.

    • Shell is Free and Open SourceContextEdit is Free and Proprietary
    • Shell is LightweightContextEdit is not according to our users
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    Easy Context Menu enables you to add a variety of useful commands and tweaks for the Desktop, My Computer, drives, file and folder context menus. It helps in accessing most used windows components quickly and easily, it doesn’t get much easier than to check some boxes and set up...

    15 Easy Context Menu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
     
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    Comments about Easy Context Menu as an Alternative to ContextEdit
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    Doesn't allow edition of context menu per file extension.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Easy Context Menu is Free and ProprietaryContextEdit is also Free and Proprietary
    • Easy Context Menu is CustomizableContextEdit is not according to our users
  3. FileMenu Tools icon
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    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...

    44 FileMenu Tools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
  4. Menuist icon
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    Highly configurable extension enhancing Finder's right-click menu with powerful functionalities. Speeds up file operations like moving, copying, creating documents, and more. Includes features like quick preview, file sharing via QR code, and custom folder management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Menuist is the most popular Mac alternative to ContextEdit.

    • Menuist is Freemium and ProprietaryContextEdit is Free and Proprietary
    • Menuist is LightweightContextEdit is not according to our users
  5. ShellExView icon
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    Shell Extensions are in-process COM objects which extends the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the operating system, but there are also many other applications that install additional shell extension components.

    11 ShellExView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
     
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    Comments about ShellExView as an Alternative to ContextEdit
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    Positive
    0

    There are 3 utilities there... together you'll manage all aspect of Shell Menus

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • ShellExView is Free and ProprietaryContextEdit is also Free and Proprietary
  6. ShellMenuView icon
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    ShellMenuView is a small utility that display the list of static menu items that appeared in the context menu when you right-click a file/folder on Windows Explorer

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Right Click Enhancer gives you power to control the right click menu everyone uses. Right Click Enhancer allows yo to edit your right click menu in the way you want. Now with help of this wonderful tool you can add some good stuffs to your right click context menu.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Context Menu Editor can view and delete links to programs on your context menus (the popup menus you see when you right-click). Context Menu Editor does not delete the programs, it just removes them from your menus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ShellMenuNew icon
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    ShellMenuNew is a small utility that displays the list of all menu items in the 'New' submenu of Windows Explorer. It allows you to easily disable unwanted menu items, so this 'New' submenu will display only the items that you need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    ShellNewSettings is a free tool for Windows to remove items from Explorer's "new" menu. The "new" item list can easily get bloated and this simple app helps clean it up.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Fast Explorer icon
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    Fast Explorer is a handy Windows shell context menu editor that allows you to add new menu items, cascaded menus, customize menu bitmaps and hint text, and even clean up context menu items and remove shell extensions of files and folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
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    Right-Click Extender will allow you to add or remove the following additional options to a File, Folder, Computer and Desktops Right Click Context Menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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