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With vista, I right clicked the windows icon at the lower left and was able to explore all of my files. Now all I see is properties and open window explorer. How do I add "explore my files"? Thanks. Gary

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Open the "Registry Editor" (Start (Orb), Run and type in regedit and click ok or press enter.) Navigate to and expand each the following: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers (This is where programs attach to the right click menu.) Now, you simply delete the keys you do not...

I came across these 2 small programs that will add "Hide File Extensions" and "Show Hidden Files" to the Right Click Context Menu. Link Removed Now you don't have go through the many steps in Windows Explorer to change the "View Folder Options" I use them, they are safe and free. Works with...

Link Removed This works for both Vista and Win7 32&64bit.

So, maybe I'm wrong, but as a previous user of XP I remember that when I had explorer open and I right clicked a file it would select that file and I could copy, paste, view properties, ect. However in Win7 when I right click a file it opens the general context menu for the entire folder I'm...

Hi All Can anyone help I use RAPIDSHARE PREMIUM AND WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL. When I open the rapidshare I am unable to right click on items on the desktop or click on any items on the desktop. I have run virus checks and spyware checks and crap cleaner but nothing has cured the problem. The...

Hello I'm looking for a right click (context menu) picture preview tool for windows 7 explorer. like acdsee mpower tool for older windows versions Any idea/suggestion? Kind regards Al

Hi All Can anyone tell me how to solve this, my right click works ok until I open rapidsahre once I have opened this the right click contect menu and other various icons on the desk top do not work or respond. Once I have closed rapidshare down the porblem remains, can anyone suggest a fix...

In the right-click menu, I have only one item in "new..." (acceso directo = shortcut), so I dont need the subfolder. How can I move "shortcut" to the left side of the menu? Link Removed - Invalid URL

Hello. Recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my computer. Setup: AMD Phenom II X4 (quad core x64 processor) GeForce 8600 GT gfx card 4 GB DDR3 RAM My problem: If I want to mark files (hold mouse left and drag, you know), the rectangle flickers / blinks. Or if i re-size a...

I'm having trouble wanting to access the Administrator when pulse: Start - Right click on Computer - Admin, a window of a program I have ever installed "context menu platinum - VERSION UREGISTERED Register and leave me alone and countdown from 100. someone who can help ... that file is...

Hello, About 2 days ago I'm having shell problems, the right click menu of the mouse is the little problem. First i noticed that i coudnt right click on a rar file and then select extract with winrar. The menu of winrar was there but wen i clicked nothing happend, it just didnt do anything. I...

Well, I'm slowly getting through the really big problems, and now looking for ways to solve smaller stuff... 1. WHERE is my free space on Windows Explorer status bar? I've seen a bunch of complaints that it's gone, but none telling me how to get it back....... It's REALLY annoying to have...

I created a regfile that modified the context menu so that I could just make one click to create a folder. It worked very well in XP but now that I have changed to Windows 7 it doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is the contents of the reg file. Windows Registry Editor...

I have a very strange issue which has been around for a while but I didn't really notice it until now. The right click context menu for files has a different font/style than for folders etc See the picture below to clarify (left is file context, right is folder context) Link Removed due to 404...

Hi all. Well, I bought Windows 7 Ultimate and installed the x64 version and am generally very happy with it - as one of those people who completely avoided Vista. This is my first bug/annoyance finding. :frown: I have the chosen the following Start Menu folder/button items to display...

Hey everyone, I installed a registry edit to put a "Take Ownership" option on the right-click context menu so I could easily swap my uxtheme.dll and related files quickly (Add Take Ownership Option Shortcut in Right Click Menu of Windows 7). It worked great and I swapped out the files with no...

Okay, so I am just learning Java, and I hate how atm I have to use command panel and there lots of typic in javac this.java java this in my testing. So I downloaded ContextEdit and put a compile on the right click of .java, this works fine. However, the program doesn't have an entry for .class...

Hello everyone, In Windows XP (32-bit), I used a great program called OpenExpert (Link Removed) to add an "Open With" submenu to Explorer's right-click context menu. You could add any number of programs to this menu for each file type. (Example: for videos, I could open with Windows Media...