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Skill Level - Description

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortb/?source=directory

Taskbar, Second Monitor

A taskbar for the second monitor. (Only tested on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7)

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/sagethumbs/

Viewers, Graphics Conversion, Image Galleries

Powerful Windows shell extension allowing to preview images.

http://www.cherubicsoft.com/en/projects/sagethumbs

Open Source (Free)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/MenuMaid.shtml

When installing programs on the computer, they add entries to your right-click menu and some of them are not very useful, and this is way programs like MenuMaid come in handy, as they can help you get rid of those entries.

https://www.immersive-explorer.com/

Modern File Explorer

A modern file explorer

Basic Use is Free

http://www.door2windows.com/ultimate-windows-context-menu-customizer-customize-context-menu-in-windows-xp-vista-7/

Context Menus, Explorer, Libraries, Logon Screen, Start Orb, Taskbar, Miscellaneous, Extra Settings, Windows Media Player

http://www.door2windows.com/ultimate-windows-context-menu-customizer-customize-context-menu-in-windows-xp-vista-7/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskbarpinner/?source=directory

Desktop Environment, System Shells

This app allows you to pin file, folder and library into Win7/8 taskbar. You can select the stuff, either by using the button provided, or type the stuff path yourself. It also support Drag-and-Drop, which allows you to pin a bunch of stuff at once. "Set Before You Pin" is the concept of this app. You can customize how your shortcut will be, such as its icon, before you pin it to taskbar.

Open Source (Free)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Bookmark-Managers/LinkStash.shtml

Bookmark/Favorites Manager

Open the selected bookmark in a new window or tab, open with the preferred web browser, highlight the bookmarks with different colors, rate them, add tags (e.g. Business, Fun, Games, Education, Internet), and sort bookmarks by various criteria, such as name, description, comment, keyword, and URL.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/right-click-context-menu-extender-for-windows-7-released

Allows you to add or remove many additional options to a Drive, File, Folder, Computer and Desktop’s Right Click Context Menu

http://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/download/earl/

.URL File Converter

Can convert .URL files into standard Window shortcut files (.LNK). This can be helpful if you use an application that doesn’t understand .URL files but does understand standard Windows shortcuts. For instance, some icon docks won’t handle a .URL file dropped on them, but can work with regular Windows shortcuts.

https://www.sordum.org/10830/sendto-menu-editor-v1-1/

Context Menu\Sendto >

Add your own app or folder to the Send to menu or if you want to delete some of the Unnecessary items in it you can tweak the Send to menu to suit your needs. Open File Explorer in Windows Right click on a file and From the pop-up menu, move your mouse to the Send to command , Click on a specific entry. The file you click on is then sent to the entry you select. If you want to add your own app or folder to the Send to menu, it’s very simple: Just open the Run dialog box by pressing Win+R, then paste shell:sendto command into the text box. This will open the folder where all those shortcuts located.

https://www.sordum.org/10830/sendto-menu-editor-v1-1/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/favlinks/

0/5 [Is for website only]

A Favorites manager. It helps you to have your favorites in a central location so that you can access your favorites from any where in the world.

Open Source (Free)

http://www.xmarks.com/

0/5 [Is a browser addon, needs to stay up to date with browsers.]

Backup of several types of browser bookmarks for better organizing.

https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.8

Libraries Manager, Windows 7 and 8 only.

A powerful libraries manager for Windows 7 which allows you to take full control on Windows 7 libraries, including custom icons with two clicks. SEE Below: Win Library Tool/Note.

https://winaero.com/download.php?view.7

http://sourceforge.net/projects/madapplauncher/

No need to remember all those hot keys / Press one number key to select a tab(group) and another key(letter/symbol) to launch.

https://sites.google.com/site/madapplauncher/user-manual/faq

Open Source (Free)

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/faview.html

Favorites, Bookmark, Shortcuts

Displays the list of all your Favorties (of Internet Explorer browser) and bookmarks (of Netscape/Mozilla browsers) in a single page. Each line in the list specifies the title of the item, the URL address, the created/modified date of the bookmark item, and the folder name. You select one or more of these bookmarks, and then copy them to the clipboard, delete them (Only for Internet Explorer Favorites), export them to tab-delimited text file, HTML file, or XML file. FavoritesView also allows you to locate duplicate URL addresses in your Favorites/Bookmarks or find specific item by specifying the URL or the title

http://www.nirsoft.net/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/copy-sync/?source=typ_redirect

Follow Copy&Sync, uses clipboard

I find this app useless, does not let you edit label for link(s).

Open Source (Free)

http://www.sordum.org/7615/easy-context-menu-v1-6/

Context Menu, Shortcuts, commands and tweaks

Lets you add a variety of useful commands and tweaks to the Desktop, My Computer, Drives, File and Folder right-click context menus

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/easy-context-menu-editor-windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jRlYOs8754&feature=emb_rel_end

https://sourceforge.net/projects/bkm/

Indexing/Search, Links

An advanced bookmark management utility for Windows supporting importing/exporting and merging of Internet Explorer favorites, Opera hotlists, Mozilla, Netscape, and Firefox bookmarks, XBEL, and HTML lists

http://bkm.sourceforge.net/en/doc/bkm_tutorial.html

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tray-software-manager/

Application Manager

This software helps you to save time providing: - Launch single exe from tray bar - Launch multiple exe from tray bar - Open folder from tray bar - Open browser with predefined sites from tray bar - Open CMD with predefined command from tray bar - Create separate tray icons of exe defined by you - Create OS startup applications - Use advanced screenshot functionality - Create hierarchy in tray icon bar - Backup and restore

https://traysm.webnode.it/

Open Source (Free)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB7A2FD7sRw&feature=youtu.be

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tray-application-manager/?source=directory ; http://traymanager.altervista.org/home/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/circledock/

Desktop - Pie Menu

Launch your programs from a circular dock.

http://circledock.wikidot.com/

Open Source (Free)

https://getpocket.com/

Bookmark, Favorites

When you find something you want to view later, put it in Pocket. Ways to Pocket: Your Web Browser, Via Email, From Over 1500+ Apps.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-or-re-enable-pocket-for-firefox

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shmnview.zip

Utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/remove-click-context-menu-items-editors

http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/

Desktop Menu + Context Menu

Speed up your work with this multi-purpose launcher and folder switcher!

http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/frequently-asked-questions/

http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/category/faq/mastering_qap/

https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-should-i-know-about-quick-access-popup-before-starting/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/paraorganizer/

File and Link Organizer

Create convenient names for files, add descriptions, attach notes and cross-files. Combine files from different sources for maximum ease of use and quick access. Add often used files to your favorites. You can assign specific start application for each file.

Open Source (Free)

http://zornsoftware.codenature.info/free-downloads?did=2

4/5 (Librarian above is my preference.) READ my Note!

Windows Library Tool

Saving Win Library Tool database (that includes current Library) is good for locatinging bad links of Librarian. Win Library Tool homepage testifies: This tool adds functionality to Windows libraries that is not made available in Windows out-of-the-box.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/context-menu-editor-for-windows-7-vista-released

3/5, not working for me in Windows 7

A tweaking utility to add/delete application shortcuts, Win32 commands, files, and website urls to your desktop and folder context menu

Basic Use is Free

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/downloading-context-menu-editor

https://sourceforge.net/projects/shellnewhandler/

Tool to enable/disable ShellNew entries, aka New File context menu entries from Windows Explorer in Vista and Windows 7. Check or uncheck items to enable a desktop right-click context menu item. No need to install

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/launchy/

Indexes and launches your applications, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes

Open Source (Free)

https://www.randyrants.com/category/sharpkeys/

Keys on a keyboard

A Registry hack that is used to make certain keys on a keyboard act like other keys. For example, if you accidentally hit Caps Lock often, you could use this utility to map Caps Lock to a Shift key or even turn it off completely. This official release includes support for up to 104 mappings, an extensive list of available keys, and a “Type Key” option to help when managing mappings. As it relies on internal support within Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 you must be running one of these OS’s for this Registry hack to work.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/ContextEdit.shtml

Enables you to edit the context menu entries

http://www.tag2find.com/home.0.html

Tag files and or folders, Reference Index

Helps you to find everything on your desktop by simply using tags.

http://www.tag2find.com/feature.0.html

http://www.tag2find.com/faq.0.html

https://sourceforge.net/projects/maxlauncher/

A tabbed launcher. Its primary goal is to reduce the amount of time to run a program/file. It is capable of creating multiple configuration files, each of which can have a maximum of 10 tabs. Each tab and button are assigned keys corresponding to a standard keyboard. A user can click on the buttons/tabs or simply press the corresponding key to run the program or file.

http://maxlauncher.sourceforge.net/documentation/quickstart.html

Open Source (Free)

http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/

5/5 - Windows Vista and up, not for XP

Desktop Environment, System Shells

Adds some missing features to Windows 7, 8, 10 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/favoriteorg/

Bookmarks of Browser(s), Favorites manager

Sync your diffrent browsers favorites / bookmarks.

Basic Use is Free

http://keepass.info/download.html

Cryptography, Password manager, Security, Password Safe, Links Manager

Store passwords in a highly-encrypted database. (Portable> Use and update: Unzip K-portable files (does not contain KeePass.config.xml*) to one DropBox folder. Update: Unzip content to folder, your settings* stay preserved, with KeePass.config.xml file*, which is created* after first use

http://www.petersmittenaar.com/keepass-why-and-how-to-use-it-effectively

Open Source (Free)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQuDrKSZkck

https://keepass.info/plugins.html

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinner/

Pin files, folders, and websites for easy access. 32bit, 64bit Portable, Multi Databases.

http://handyapplications.weebly.com/pinner.html

Open Source (Free)

http://www.caine-live.net/index.html

Digital Forensics project

Offers a complete forensic environment that is organized to integrate existing software tools as software modules and to provide a friendly graphical interface.

http://www.win-ufo.org/

Open Source (Free)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Launchers-Shutdown-Tools/Mouse-Extender.shtml

A cosy utility with shortcuts to programs, folders and system functions (Control panel, Restart and Shutdown).