AttrMenu

A file's attributes are displayed in its Properties window, where you can turn it into a read-only or a hidden file. The advanced attributes allow you to make it ready for archiving, compress, or encrypt it. Although it doesn't offer access to all of these, AttrMenu does provide a more convenient and easy means of accessing a file's attributes.

AttrMenu is a shell extension that adds a new item to the context menu in Windows. Thus, by right-clicking on a file and navigating to the new "Attributes" section, you will be able to access a few commands to toggle a file's attributes active.

There are four commands added to the "Attributes" menu, as AttrMenu enables you to turn a file into an archive, make it read-only, hide it, or turn it into a system file, all done much easier than using the Properties dialog box.

When a file's attribute is active, a checkbox appears next to the designated item in the context menu. Changing an attribute's state only requires you to select the corresponding command.

AttrMenu provides an elegant solution to managing a file's attributes but its functionality is limited. Perhaps it would be better to also have an item in the "Attributes" menu that can open the "Advanced" window of a file's attributes.