Open++: Useful Context Menu Shell Extension for Netbook Users

Open++ is a small utility for netbook users which adds various useful commands in file/folder context menu. Open++ allows you to quickly open the selected files or folders with the customized commands. It adds a sub menu with customized menu items to the shell context menu when right clicking files or folders in Windows Explorer.

Open++ provides some predefined commands, such as Open Command Prompt, Copy Path, Change Properties, Create Sub Folder, View File Checksum, Run With Arguments, Register DLL, Unregister DLL, Copy Shortcut Target, Find Shortcut Target, etc.

If you are using it in Windows Vista or Windows 7 netbook users, simply hold down “Shift” key while selecting the command from Open++ menu and it’ll execute the selected command with administrative privileges.

You can customize the commands or add your desired new command using Open++ Settings which can be accessed using Open++ context menu entry.

• Add: Adds a new command, separator, or predefined command to Open++ sub menu.
• Delete: Removes the selected command or separator from Open++ sub menu.
• Program: Specifies the program to be used for opening the selected files or folders. If the program file resides on the system path, you can enter just the file name. If not, enter the full path of the program. You can also use environment variables to specify program which will be replaced with corresponding variable value when executing the command (such as, “%windir%\notepad.exe“).

To install Open++, extract the downloaded zip file, run “OpenXX.exe” file, go to “Install/Uninstall” tab and click on “Install…” button. To uninstall, click on “Uninstall…” button.

To uninstall Open++, double-click “OpenXX.exe” in the extracted folder, switch to “Install/Uninstall” page, then click “Uninstall…” button. After the computer is restarted, manually delete the folder where Open++ was extracted.