The Windows context menu has the potential to become an extremely useful resource, but Microsoft has never offered us an official way to edit it easily. To make matters worse, some developers constantly inject entries into that menu without authorization during installation. Fortunately, tools like Easy Context Menu help us create new entries for the context menu and remove the ones we don't want.
When it comes to modifying the Windows context menu, some programs do a very good job. 7-Zip is one of the best examples out there, dedicating an entire section in its settings to expand or disable all its actions in the menu. However, we also find cases where a tool adds items because it thinks it's convenient for the user, and then doesn't allow removing them. That's where Easy Context Menu comes in.
Easy Context Menu: A Tool for Editing the Windows Context Menu
The general functions of Easy Context Menu are three. On one hand, we can add new entries and create entire categories with the help of its interface. In the list we find options to shut down the computer or log off, access system tools like the Registry Editor and service management, commands that open the system console or repair the print queue, and special shortcuts to defragment drives, open files with Notepad, or add executables to the firewall block.
Second, Easy Context Menu enables editing that list, either to change the behavior of the commands or to add our own entries. For example, most commands run without elevated privileges, but that can be modified at will by checking the option "Run as Administrator" on each item.
Finally, we get to the context menu cleaner. The central "Context Menu" column reports where the entries appear, that is, whether they correspond to a disk drive, a general file, an executable, or the desktop itself. Easy Context Menu offers two routes: Disable the entries so they don't clutter the menu (and preserving the possibility of restoring them later), or delete them completely. All adjustments are real-time and don't require a restart, but Easy Context Menu should be run as administrator.
The program hasn't received updates in several years, however, it works perfectly even on Windows 11... as long as we restore the classic context menu.
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