Ross's Shell Extensions

This page gives a brief overview of the shell extensions I have written for Windows XP. To see a page with more information about any given extension, click the icon next to its name. Click the extension's name to it's description in the overview.

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Introduction

You may be asking yourself, "What exactly is a shell extension anyway?"

To put it simply, you might say that it's a program that adds new features or functionality to an operating system's shell. In other words, a shell extension is simply a program that extends the capabilities of an operating system's shell. A shell extension doesn't necessarily have to be for Windows; it could be made for any other operating system, but will generally only work for the operating system that it's made for.

My shell extensions are all made for Windows 2000/NT/XP, and give Windows Explorer more features than it has out-of-the-box. More specifically, I work with context-menus ("right-click" menus) to add more options. Generally, these options are provided to simply an operation(s) or just for ease of access.

You may find some of the older extensions to be a bit trivial (such as those that merely simulate button pushes), and they may indeed be. However, you will see that many of the extensions are actually quite a bit more complex and can be very useful.

I try to offer a high-degree of flexibilty in my extensions. For example, you will find that all of my extensions:

  • Allow you to change their title/caption
  • Allow the use of Unicode characters in the above title.
  • Have advanced commandline options available from their installer applications.
  • Allow you to choose whether or not to install Start Menu shortcuts.
  • Will determine if the account has administrator rights or not and act accordingly.

The more advanced extensions offer even more customizable options and can comform to a variety of preferences.



BrowserBack





CommandPromptHere





FileExtToggle





FileMenu Project (work in progress)





HiddenFilesToggle





NewWindowFavorites





SelectAll









UpOneLevel





Other Shell Extensions






Made April 5th, 2007 by myself.