ShellMenuView

ShellMenuView is a lightweight and portable piece of software that shows all static items found in the Windows Explorer context menu. It is backed by an intuitive set of options that should be easily figured out by anyone.

Since there is no installation involved, you can drop the program files in any part of the hard disk and just click the executable to run.

There is also the possibility to save ShellMenuView to a USB flash disk or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers.

What's more, the tool does not create new entries in the Windows registry or Start menu, leaving no traces behind after its removal.

The app does not stand in the visual department of the interface. It packs a modest window with an organized structure, where a list is immediately populated with context menu entries.

Information includes the name, extension, menu key, file type, type description, and other details pertaining to each entry. It is possible to enable or disable selected items, open their location in the registry editor, as well as export information to a text document, HTM, HTML or XML file for closer inspection.

The tool does not put a strain on PC performance, since it runs on low CPU and memory. We have not come across any kind of issues throughout our evaluation, since ShellMenuView did not hang, crash or pop up error dialogs.

Although it is not particularly resourceful or attractive, ShellMenuView delivers a simple method to viewing and disabling context menu entries, and it can be handled by anyone with ease.