ShellExView is a freeware that exhibits the information about shell extensions that have been set up in the computer for enhancing the capabilities of the Windows OS. It displays a list of both those shell extensions automatically set up by your OS and those set up by applications.
Shell extension details revealed by this software include Extension name, Disabled, description, type, version, product name, company name, does my computer and desktop, control panel folder possess this extension, file name, CLSID of the extension, file creation time, modification time of CLSID, Whether extension was formed by Microsoft or another company as well as details like file extensions using the shell extension, file attributes and size.
Using this software you can also disable or enable shell extensions on your system. This freeware comes in handy to resolve Explorer environment’s context-menu issues.
The software also highlights in red any shell extension having an atypical file extension or shell extension possessing an abnormal attribute. Thus it brings these shell extensions which could be malicious programs, to your notice for investigation.
Through the command-line options this software also helps to save the catalog of shell extensions to different file types like HTML, XML and text files.
The software is compatible with all Windows editions ranging from Windows 98 to Vista. Only the special 64-bit edition of this software will work on 64-bit Windows version.
Being a standalone executable it does not need an installation procedure or an extra DLL for operation. To use it you have to simply run the file after placing it in a desired folder. The latest version 1.37 of ShellExView presents a warning when you attempt to disable a shell32.dll shell extension.
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