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The Windows context menu isn’t cluttered with a wide range of options, which is understandable, as many users would not have need of them. However, it can be extended if you have the right program at your disposal.

MenuTools is one of the applications you can turn to, an open-source utility that can add a bunch of new options to the context menu, enabling you to perform various actions with much less effort.

You can install the application in the current folder or anywhere else on your PC, and the setup procedure is very straightforward. Once it has been installed, the Settings window will be opened automatically.

It is possible to configure how the context menu should appear for files, shortcuts, directories and the desktop. If there are menu items you don’t need, they can be removed easily.

You can check all of them out in the screenshots, but we can list a few of the most important options that can be added to the context menu. These include opening files with Notepad, blocking them with Windows Firewall, copying their name or path and changing their attributes.

If you right-click on the desktop or in a folder, you can choose to hide or reveal hidden or system files, as well as open a Command Prompt or Powershell window. What’s more, it is possible to navigate to the location of the current desktop background.

All things considered, MenuTools is a pretty impressive piece of software, even though it seems very simple at first glance. It allows you to add a number of new shortcuts to the context menu, making your work a lot easier if you need to perform these actions frequently.