AudioShell is a freeware MS Windows Explorer shell extension plugin which allows you to view and edit music file tags directly in Windows Explorer. AudioShell supports MP3 (all ID3v2 tag versions), WMA, ASF, WMV, Apple iTunes AAC (M4A and M4P), MP4, OGG, FLAC (vorbis comment tags), MPC, MP+, Monkey's Audio, WAV pack, optim frog (APE and APEv2 tags). AudioShell features full Unicode support.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English, ChineseSimplified, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish
• Release: 2006-11-06
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free

FolderBox is an free extension for Windows Explorer. It displays additional folders in the lower part of Explorer, which enables you to display the contents of two or more folders at once! Within a FolderBox you can copy and move, open and delete files, just as usual. FolderBox supports the typical drag&drop handling of files. It is fully interoperable with "standard" Explorer or the desktop. You can even use FolderBox inside Internet Explorer!

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2001-04-29
• Size: 796 Kb
• Cost: Free

Get a handy folder shortcut menu and find your favorite and recently used folders quickly with an enhanced Address bar in Windows Explorer. The Folder Pilot shortcut menu can be used within the Windows Explorer, the File Selection Dialogues, or even from the desktop. The next generation of Windows (codename "Longhorn") will have similar functionality - with Folder Pilot experience the tomorrow's folder navigation today.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English, German
• Release: 2005-04-25
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Extension Copy is an explorer enhancements shell tool. It allows you to only copy the file with specific extension when you copy folder with windows explorer. When you only want to copy some files with specific files in a folder instead of all the files, a dialog window will pop up and allow you select the file type after you press Ctrl + C or select Paste from the context menu. Same directory structure will be kept. [ www.softboy.net ]

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-11-30
• Size: 821 Kb
• Cost: 29.95 $

Ever had the problem that you frequently use a file type with more than one application, while you can only associate one application with that file type? OpenExpert is the answer to this problem! Instead of messing around with a fixed association of a file type with only one application, it adds an "Open with" item to the context menu of the chosen file type with all the applications you decide.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2001-04-24
• Size: 582 Kb
• Cost: Free

The CDBF Shell extension allows you to view content or structure of DBF files in the Properties window without opening them. CDBF Shell allows you: copy to the clipboard selected records. copy to the clipboard structure of the table. hide or show deleted records. sort DBF file by clicking on a column header. set default order of records. switch Ansi/OEM charset (Autodetect Ansi/OEM is available, too).

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-11-05
• Size: 190 Kb
• Cost: Free

The Context Menu Extension DLL is a easiest way to add Windows Explorer context menu extension (like WinZip) into your own application. This menu will appear every time users click right mouse button over file(s) or folder(s) inside Windows Explorer window (or another file-manager (e.g. Windows Commander or Total Commander), which supports standard shell menu).

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-09-06
• Size: 656 Kb
• Cost: 69.00 $

SOCKShell enhances Windows Explorer context menu (displayed when you right click on an item) by adding new predefined options and allowing you to add any number of your own options, both to the main context menu and to the SOCKShell submenu. Predefined options include Analyse Pascal source code, Explore in a new window, Copy the full path, Edit with Wordpad, Edit with Notepad, Open a Command Prompt, Set file attributes, Set file date and time.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2004-04-14
• Size: 845 Kb
• Cost: 14.95 $

Upload your web site to a FTP server, publish files on Amazon S3, or move or copy files that match a wildcard or regular expression with a single click.

• License: Commercial
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-07-26
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 24.95 $

Greatly speeds up folder opening/changing in Explorer using it's context menu. Also supported list of last used folders.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-09-17
• Size: 682 Kb
• Cost: Free

SonicFolder is a very easy-to-use add-on to the Windows Explorer. With it you can open favorite folders quickly in Windows Explorer, Open/Save File Dialog or on the Desktop, etc. You can add any folder to the favorite list and access them later in just two clicks. SonicFolder has already added some system defined folders (such as My Documents, My Music, Windows System, Temporary, Application Data, etc.) under a "System Folders" submenu.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-08-05
• Size: 908 Kb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Better File Select is a shell extension for the Windows Explorer, which allows users to quickly select multiple files based on a range of criteria. You can use wild cards, partial name matches or regular expressions.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-04-27
• Size: 585 Kb
• Cost: 9.95 $

Easy to use strong file encryption, integrated with Windows Explorer. Encrypt, compress, decrypt, wipe, view and edit with a few mouse clicks. Cryptographic primitives are AES-128 and SHA-1. A combination of strong symmetric encryption with compression and double-click editing/viewing. Encrypted files have a '.AXX' extension added to their names, and are shown with a new icon.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
• Release: 2008-03-07
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free

The Multi-Filename Editor allows you to easily edit any number of filenames in an easy to use spreadsheet format and then Rename or Copy them with the press of a button. Edit individual names or use Find/Replace, Copy/Paste or other editing commands. This shell extension is easy to use! Half-price as part of the CAVU Productivity Package! FREE Iconic Sudoku just for trying it!

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-01-02
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Are you Windows user? Do you often use Word or Excel, Photoshop or Illustrator, Visual Studio or Delphi, need to open and save many documents in many directories? Do not waste your precious time browsing and clicking all these directory trees and drop-down lists! There is the way to reach your favorite folders just in 2 mouse clicks. Just try FolderJump! Save your time while browse directories.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-10-01
• Size: 341 Kb
• Cost: 11.00 $

Active Captions is a handy utility that extends window's caption buttons with additional features. Right mouse button click on minimize button minimizes the window into the system tray. Click with right mouse button on window's Maximize/Restore button to roll-up window to its title bar. To make your windows stay on top of all other windows just click on Close button with your right mouse button .

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-01-03
• Size: 793 Kb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Innovative and easy to use window manager with a map of the desktop. The map is conveniently located in the Windows taskbar. Includes full support for multiple monitors and the multi-monitor extended desktop. DynaDeskXP will also work with various virtual desktop window managers.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-10-18
• Size: 306 Kb
• Cost: 12.95 $

File Grabber saves information about files in any format into the clipboard. Save not only the path and name but comments, title, etc. as well as dates and size. Create catalogs of music and videos. Create catalogs of disks, zip disks, CD's and DVD's. Make catalogs of any kind of file!! 1/2 price as part of the CAVU Productivity Package! FREE Iconic Sudoku just for trying it!

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-01-02
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Debugging of Shell extensions is a simple process, but some things still made developers "unhappy": * DLL's are locked by applications (for caching purposes) and you are unable to recompile your project * You need to use Registry Editor to modify hidden Windows Shell setting * Sometimes you don't have access to some Explorer features while debugging your Shell Extension ShellReset utility solves these problems.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2004-08-03
• Size: 342 Kb
• Cost: 15.00 $

Panorado Flyer is a simple geocoding tool for linking JPEG image files to the location where the picture was taken, using precise geographical coordinates. It can be lauched from the Windows Explorer's context menu. The coordinates of the place where the photo was taken are stored within the JPEG file in EXIF format - either manually or automatically from Google Earth. Later, you'll be able to let Google Earth 'fly' you the location again!

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-06-16
• Size: 84 Kb
• Cost: Free