ShellToys XP Overview
All the tools that form ShellToys XP are outlined below - click the links for more details. Remember that you won't see all these items on the ShellToys XP menu at the same time (for instance, Image Size will be shown only when you right-click an image file).

Add To Send To makes it easy to add new items to your Send To menu. Right-click a file or folder, select this item and choose a friendly name that should appear on the Send To menu for it.

Add To Templates works with the New From Template tool (described below) to allow the selected file to be copied to your Templates folder.

Batch Rename lets you apply the same type of name-change to a number of selected files, such as changing their extensions, replacing characters, adding prefixes and suffixes, or creating a new sequence of alphanumerically-named files.

Browse Images displays thumbnail versions of images in the selected folder. Right-click a thumbnail to access its Windows context menu, double-click to view the full-size image, or select a different folder from the folder-tree. It can also export thumbnails in JPEG format.

Cascade On Start Menu recreates the contents of the current (or selected) folder and its subfolders on the Start menu, letting you browse and use the contents of an often-used folder without hunting it down in Explorer.

Change Date & Time provides a quick way to change the creation and/or modification date of one or more files, or (in Windows 2000 and XP) the creation date of a folder.

Change Extension shows you a file's extension on the menu. Click the Change Extension item to change it to something different.

Choose Program is a flexible replacement for the Open With option in Windows, letting you define your own lists of programs for all file extensions (and folders), and open any file or folder using any program in a couple of clicks.

Command Prompt opens a Windows command prompt or MS-DOS prompt window on the current folder path.

Copy/Move To Folder makes it easy to copy or move folders and/or files in any combination from one folder to another.

Copy Path copies the full path of one or more files or folders to the clipboard ready for pasting elsewhere.

Encrypt/Decrypt File encrypts one or more files using powerful 448-bit Blowfish encryption combined with your choice of private key, or decrypts files previously encrypted by ShellToys XP.

Explore Rooted opens a dual-page Explorer window 'rooted' to the selected folder (or the folder containing the selected file).

Extended Delete makes it easy to find (and optionally delete to the Recycle Bin) files in multiple folders that match a particular file mask.

Extended Search & Replace is a powerful text-search-and-replace tool for quickly making text replacements in multiple files across multiple folders. (Or, if you prefer, simply finding files to work with that match certain criteria.)

Folder Contents displays the contents of a folder (its files and subfolders). Click any item to open the folder or file.

Folder Size analyzes a folder's contents and displays a mine of information about the folder, its subfolders and files, making it easy to find the largest files and folders on your system, and identify folders that are wasting the most space.

Go To Folder makes it easy to jump to a different folder in the current window, an Open/Save dialog (on compatible systems), or a new window, storing a list of your most-used folders for one-click switching.

Image Size displays the dimensions and color-depth of an image file, and can also display a scaled version of the image on the menu itself. The image or animation is shown in a separate viewer window when the item is clicked. The viewer window provides options for image browsing, properties and printing.

Mask By Type opens a window similar to the standard folder window, but displaying only files that have the same extensions as those selected.

Media Info displays tag and file information for MP3 and WMA audio files, and allows the file to be opened in the built-in audio player and MP3-tag editor.

New From Template is a more flexible alternative to the New menu. ShellToys creates a personal Templates folder for you which can hold any number of template files of any type (including several of the same type). Just pick the file you want to create from this submenu, select a name and whether to open it immediately.

Open In Notepad simply opens the selected file in Windows Notepad, whatever type of file it is.

Play Media Album plays all the MP3, WMA and WAV files in a folder (or shortcuts to those file types) in alphabetical order, using a simple and compact player window.

Print Folder Listing prints the names and other details of all the files in the selected folder (or the folder containing the selected file), optionally including its subfolders, or prints the tree structure. It can alternatively copy the same details to the clipboard.

Recent Files displays a list of files used within the last 7 days whose extensions match those of the selected files. Listed files can be double-clicked to open them, right-clicked, or dragged into another window.

Select By Type makes it easy to select all the files in the current folder or Open/Save dialog which have the same extension as those selected.

Set Attributes lets you view and change the Archive, Read-only, Hidden and System attributes of a file or folder.

Shortcut Target shows you what file or URL a shortcut or Internet Shortcut points to, and lets you open it, go to its folder, or copy its path to the clipboard. Shortcut Target can be used in the Start and Favorites menus as well as folder windows and file dialogs.

Shred File permanently deletes the selected files by overwriting them multiple times with dummy data and then deleting them from the disk.

Split File splits a large file into any number of smaller pieces to enable them to be distributed on floppy disks, the World Wide Web, or in email or Usenet attachments. A small Assembler utility is provided for distribution with the file parts.

Up One Level adds an item to the top of the context menu for folder backgrounds and the backgrounds of Open/Save dialogs (on compatible systems), allowing easy switching to the parent folder.

View Icons is a powerful icon viewer and extractor: browse the icons inside .exe and .dll files, extract one or all icons, and even save individual icon-images as new icons or as bitmap, PNG or JPEG images.

Zip/Jar/Cab Contents displays the contents of a zip, jar or cabinet archive file and lets you extract its contents, extract a single file, or view a single file.