Shell AlternativesContext Menu Managers and other similar apps like Shell

Shell is described as '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' and is a context menu manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Shell for Windows, File Explorer, Mac and Web-based. The best Shell alternative is Easy Context Menu, which is free. Other great apps like Shell are FileMenu Tools, Menuist, ShellExView and ShellMenuView.

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  1. Easy Context Menu icon

    Easy Context Menu

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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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    has a UI to configure the context menu, but does not replace it

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Easy Context Menu is the most popular Windows alternative to Shell.

    • Easy Context Menu is the most popular free alternative to Shell.

    • Easy Context Menu is Free and ProprietaryShell is Free and Open Source
    • Easy Context Menu is CustomizableShell is not according to our users
  2. FileMenu Tools icon

    FileMenu Tools

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  4. Menuist icon

    Menuist

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Menuist screenshot 1
     

    • Menuist is the most popular Mac alternative to Shell.

    • Menuist is Freemium and ProprietaryShell is Free and Open Source
  5. ShellExView icon

    ShellExView

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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
    ShellExView screenshot 1
     
  6. ShellMenuView icon

    ShellMenuView

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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
    ShellMenuView screenshot 1
     
  7. Right Click Enhancer icon

    Right Click Enhancer

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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
    Right Click Enhancer screenshot 1
     
  13. Fast Explorer icon

    Fast Explorer

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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
    Russian and French Language
     
  14. Context Menu Editor icon

    Context Menu Editor

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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
    File Context Menu
     
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