ContextEdit Alternatives

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

ContextEdit alternatives are mainly Shells but may also be Shell Extensions. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ContextEdit.

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ContextEdit

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Shell Extension

Download ContextEdit - Lets you control which items appear on your windows context menu.

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Easy Context Menu
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Windows Explorer
14 Easy Context Menu alternatives
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...
- - Easy Context Menu is the most popular Windows alternative to ContextEdit.
- - Easy Context Menu is the most popular free alternative to ContextEdit.
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Easy Context Menu Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionEasy Context Menu can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Manage system menu options
Add custom command options
Customizable
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Doesn't allow edition of context menu per file extension.
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FileMenu Tools
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Freemium • Proprietary
Shell
Shell Extension
Windows
Windows Explorer
49 FileMenu Tools alternatives
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...
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FileMenu Tools Features
1. PortableFileMenu Tools can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Windows Explorer ExtensionFileMenu Tools can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Context Menu
Customize Windows
Timestamps
Folder Sync
Change File Dates
Multiple languages
Symbolic links
Shell
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Windows
18 Shell alternatives
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.
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Shell Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionShell can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Context Menu
Context Menu extension
Customize Windows
ShellExView
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Free • Proprietary
Shell
Windows
Windows Explorer
11 ShellExView alternatives
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.
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ShellExView Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionShellExView can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Context Menu
Performance overview
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There are 3 utilities there... together you'll manage all aspect of Shell Menus
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ShellMenuView
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Free • Proprietary
Shell
Windows
14 ShellMenuView alternatives
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
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ShellMenuView Features
1. PortableShellMenuView can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Right Click Enhancer
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Freemium • Proprietary
Shell
Windows
16 Right Click Enhancer alternatives
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.
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Right Click Enhancer Features
1. PortableRight Click Enhancer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Fast Explorer
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Free • Proprietary
Shell
Windows
Windows Explorer
12 Fast Explorer alternatives
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.
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Fast Explorer Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionFast Explorer can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Context Menu extension
Context Menu
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.1.11.430, released in August 2008, can be still downloaded from SoftPedia
MenuMaid
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Free • Proprietary
Shell
Windows
10 MenuMaid alternatives
Are you looking for a fast and easy way to clean up your Window Explorer and Internet Explorer right-click (context) menu? Look no further. MenuMaid makes it simple! Just uncheck the items you don’t want to show up. Restore them at any time.
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Context Menu
Context Menu Editor
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
13 Context Menu Editor alternatives
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.
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Context Menu Editor Features
Context Menu
Context Menu extension
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
ShellMenuNew
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Free • Proprietary
Shell
Windows
7 ShellMenuNew alternatives
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.
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ShellMenuNew Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsShellMenuNew can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. PortableShellMenuNew can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Context Menu
Right-Click Extender
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
17 Right-Click Extender alternatives
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.
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Right-Click Extender Features
Context Menu
ShellNewHandler
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Free • Open Source
Shell
Windows
6 ShellNewHandler alternatives
ShellNewHandler is an Open-Source Tool to enable/disable ShellNew entries, aka New File context menu entries from Windows Explorer in Vista and Windows 7. Check or uncheck items to enable a desktop right-click context menu item. No need to install.
- - ShellNewHandler is the most popular Open Source alternative to ContextEdit.
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ShellNewHandler Features
1. PortableShellNewHandler can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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