When you right click on any file icon or on desktop, it shows a list of options. These are called Shell Extensions which are nothing but COM objects. It gives users to access various Windows functions quickly and easily. Meanwhile, Windows applications are also using this COM objects to provide users a better and fast access. For example, if you install Microsoft Office on your system then simply right click on your desktop and go to the NEW item where you’ll get a list like “Microsoft Word Document”, “Microsoft Excel Worksheet” etc. So, without opening Microsoft Word, you can make a doc file. These menu items are created using shell extensions.

Now, the main point is, can we see the full list of all such shell extension on our system? Can we edit or disable them? The answer is yes, you can see it with a freeware tool ShellExView. It is special stand alone application which is build to manage shell extensions on our computer. ShellExView simply helps us to view details of all shell extension and allows to enable and disable them.

Also, we can start using ShellExView right after download and no installation required as it’s a stand alone executable program.

Few basic features of ShellExView

• Disable/Enable Shell Extensions
• Add/Remove special folders to “My Computer” and “Desktop” folders
• Mark Suspicious/ Unwanted Shell Extensions
• Supports Command-line options

So as a whole, ShellExView gives the freedom to change default Windows shell extension settings in a very easy way. You can download the ShellExView tool here.

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