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.

ShellExView is a tool that display details of shell extensions installed on your computer.

For example: If you install WinZip on your computer, you'll see a special WinZip menu when you right-click on a Zip file. This menu is created by adding a shell extension to the system.

The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension. ShellExView can be used for solving context-menu problems in Explorer environment.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· On x64 systems, ShellExView now always shows the shell extensions for x64 applications, even on the 32-bit version of ShellExView. If you want to get the shell extensions list for 32-bit applications, use ShellExView with /wow64 command-line option.
· Added /remote command-line option, which allows you to view/enable/disable shell extensions in a remote computer on your network.