ShellMenuView Changelog

What's new in ShellMenuView 1.41

Apr 14, 2019
  • Added 'Icon' column.

New in ShellMenuView 1.40 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • Added 'Quick Filter' feature (View -> Use Quick Filter or Ctrl+Q). When it's turned on, you can type a string in the text-box added under the toolbar and ShellMenuView will instantly filter the menu items, showing only items that contain the string you typed.

New in ShellMenuView 1.38 (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.

New in ShellMenuView 1.37 (Aug 26, 2017)

  • ShellMenuView now displays menu items that their command string is empty but they have DelegateExecute string instead.

New in ShellMenuView 1.36 (Apr 22, 2017)

  • When the menu name is a string resource, ShellMenuView now automatically loads the string resource and displays the actual menu string.

New in ShellMenuView 1.35 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • Added the menu items of DirectoryBackground and DriveBackground Registry keys.

New in ShellMenuView 1.30 (Sep 16, 2015)

  • Fixed the extension column: For Menu items that are currently not assigned to any file extension, the extension column now remains empty.
  • Added 'UserChoice Key' column. If the value is 'Yes', it means that the reference to the menu item is found in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\[File Extension]\UserChoice
  • Added 'Registry Key' column.
  • Added 'Hide Items Without File Extension' option.

New in ShellMenuView 1.25 (Jun 5, 2015)

  • Fixed ShellMenuView to detect the correct file type, when a file extension has a UserChoice key (Windows Vista or later). In previous versions, ShellMenuView failed to work properly with all file extension that their UserChoice value is different from their file type. The UserChoice key is stored under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\[extension]\UserChoice
  • Fixed ShellMenuView to use the correct file type Registry key, when there is a CurVer subkey that redirects to other file type key

New in ShellMenuView 1.21 (Aug 25, 2014)

  • Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header. Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.
  • Fixed the 'Modified Time' column to handle the daylight saving time properly.

New in ShellMenuView 1.20 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Added support for menu items stored under SystemFileAssociations Registry key (For Windows 7/2008/Vista)

New in ShellMenuView 1.15 (Aug 9, 2010)

  • Added warnings and restrictions, to prevent the users from disabling essential menu commands of Windows operating system.
  • Added documentation to the save command line options.
  • Added /sort command-line option.

New in ShellMenuView 1.12 (Sep 7, 2009)

  • Added an option to open the page of selected extension in http://extension.nirsoft.net Web site, which shows you a list of programs that can open this file extension.

New in ShellMenuView 1.11 (Aug 24, 2009)

  • Added 'Type Description' column

New in ShellMenuView 1.10 (Aug 17, 2009)

  • Added support for setting or removing the extended mode of menu items. When menu item is in extended mode, the item is displayed only if you press the Shift key when the context menu is opened

New in ShellMenuView 1.07 (Nov 28, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: ShellMenuView crashed on reading Registry value with size of 0 bytes

New in ShellMenuView 1.06 (Sep 5, 2008)

  • Added 'Open In RegEdit' option.

New in ShellMenuView 1.05 (May 31, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: ShellMenuView opened in a large window when there is no cfg file

New in ShellMenuView 1.04 (May 13, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to ShellMenuView

New in ShellMenuView 1.03 (Mar 6, 2008)

  • Fixed crash problem that appeared in some computers

New in ShellMenuView 1.02 (Feb 4, 2008)

  • ShellMenuView now automatically requires to run as administrator under Vista.
  • Added 64-bit version of ShellMenuView.