10. Change File Date
I'm amazed by the amount of tools that allow changing the filedate, but cost $20 or more. None of the ones I tried offered shell integration, so here is a simple extension for it. Certainly not for daily use for most people
09. Shred File
Delete a file securely, from wherever you are. Easy-peasy.
08. FileQuery
This might not be as interesting for a lot of people. What this extension does, it let's you lookup a file on the internet. Maybe not that stunning so far. Give it a video and it finds the review on iMDb (or any other movies site), same works for music. In most cases it just googles for the file, in the case of an unknown filetype, it points you to a website where you find the description.
07. Delete on Reboot
File could not be deleted, because it's in use? Or that's what Windows tells you? Next time you boot you have either forgotten about it or are annoyed to browse to the location the file was sitting. Or you use this handy shell-extension to delete it on reboot.
06. Convert Images
I don't know how often you need this, but I do. And I remember the days I loaded my Photoshop just to convert a TIFF (or whatever) to a JPEG (or whatever) just to have it in a reasonable size.
05. Flickr Uploadr
Almost everybody uses Flickr these days, but if you don't have a Mac with the nifty iPhoto plugin, life can be hard. So this is what you need. Select the images, right-click and choose Upload to Flickr, then create a new set, add keywords. All that Flickr does, just easier.
04. RunWithParameters
Alright, I know there are similiar extensions, I simply gave the only open-source variant the preference. It's all in the name, you need to use the commandline every now and then, but hate nothing more than opening it and browse to the directory. In many cases, RunWithParameters does all that you're looking for. Right-click an executable and choose "Run with parameters" and enter your commandline parameters in a pop-up. Even remembers previously used parameters and works for any filetype you need it for.
03. Folder Size
Display the folder size in Explorer? A feature that like every operating system has inbuilt - except for Microsoft's. It might use some CPU after the installation, but that's only when it's scanning your harddisk - there's also a setting to limit the CPU use/update cycle.
02. Clickfont
Windows never offered an easy way to install fonts. I used to just copy them into the Windows\Fonts directory, which doesn't ensure that the opened app loads the font unless you close it first. The official Windows way to install fonts is even worse. Hidden in the control panel, the tool offers a kinda Windows 3.1 interface to load fonts. This is where ClickFont comes in. Mark one or many fonts (or even a directory containing fonts) and click Install Fonts from the context menu. Shouldn't be worth even mentioning, if Redmond had provided the right tools.
01. MP3-Info Ext
Around for ages and even if it hasn't been updated in ages, this is still my favourite. Not only one of the first tools capable of ID3v2, it was always my first choice when it came to batch editing of MP3 tags or even batch renaming. Windows XP later got a similiar tooltip that displays song infos, not half as good as Mp3Ext's. The icon-handler is a nice extra, but I don't even use that anymore.
Features:
- edit ID3 tags of MP3s from Explorer
- icon-handler displaying custom icon for each bitrate
- displays ID3 tags in a tooltip
- batch editing of tags, optionally using an inbuilt scripting language
Know any other cool Windows extensions? Leave a comment below!
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