Move Unused Explorer Context Items to a Sub Folder with MMM Free
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Freeware, tags: Context Menu, Freeware, Independent Review, Portable Application, Portable Freeware, PortableApps, Windows, Windows XPMore About What it Does in Detail:
The Hace website gives the following details:
Is your windows context-menu growing all out of proportions? Use this utility to customize your windows menus. Remove menu-items you never use. Put rarely used functions out on a sub-menu.
Having installed MMM Free the following screens and menus are provided:
This review will follow the usual format of presenting the majority of information as screenshots backed up by further information where necessary.
(click on any picture to enlarge where necessary)
Installation
No Adware, No Spyware, No Nag Screens
Limited Functionality
Context Menu
On Right Clicking on the Desktop or in Windows Explorer MMM Free changes the context menu to look like this:
This is the same as the standard context menu except for the colored flash to the left side and the round “button” at the top of this flash which opens the:
Configuration menu
As you can see this is a split pane view comprising:
- Top Left – The existing Context Menu Items
- Top Right – The Submenu Folders available to drag & drop existing items into
- Bottom – Useful Help details etc. which change according to what is selected
Options
Clicking on the Options button on the toolbar displays the options in the bottom part of the window
Clicking on an Option item gives details on that item, for instance Smart Menu gives these details:
Example of Changed Desktop Context Menu
This example is based on the changes made in the Options screenshot above where the ATI Catalyst item has been “dragged & dropped” into the Rarely used sub-menu folder so it no longer appears at the top of the context menu:
This should be compared to the first screenshot of the context menu at the start of this page
Note – The colored flash to the left of the context menu changes periodically.
Example of Explorer Context Menu
Before:
Configuration:
After:
MMM Free Context Menu
Right clicking in the MMM Free Configuration screen shows the following context menu (You can’t change this!)
As you can see you can
- Check for update
- Save Menu as registry file
- Shutdown MMM
All useful options.
If you shutdown MMM you can restart by going to the Windows Start menu:
and choosing MMM – Configure Menu
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October 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm - Edit
Hi Barry, Is the MMM an open source tool? Looking for a similar tool to configure my OS.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:59 pm - Edit
Cheers for providing info about ShellExView.
Looks like a nice tool though.
Keep up good posts!
Regards,
Janet Gify
September 5th, 2009 at 1:55 am - Edit
very useful, it can make my broswer more faster than before and clear. you guys’ skill is very well, many thanks….
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 am - Edit
MMM is great, I am now testing it.
Will tell u know about it when I done.
cheers