Context Menu Cleanup for Dummies

I have surfed thru a few topics regarding removing/adding items to the context menu. These are mostly outside of my quite limited comfort zone. My main source of irritation are the folder and file context menus. For me something simple like :

1. select file/folder.
2. right-clik to display context menu.
3. scroll to desired item.
4. right-clik to delete. DONE.

... and once my context menu is 'clean' perhaps :

1. select file/folder.
2. right-clik to display context menu.
3. right clik on empty/dead area to
4. add desired action item/s. DONE.

... would be heaven on earth.

If not maybe there is a dummie-friendly gui-driven utility that can help me out?

thank you

not sure if it's what ur looking for but winstep has something you can check out and it's easy to use

Unfortunately, there's very rarely a free lunch. You'll have to do a little leg work to find what you're looking for, but you might want to start with these
3rd party apps that customize the context menu:

Ultimate Tool To Customize The Context Menu In Windows | door2windows
Customize the Right Click Menu in Windows 7 - Make Tech Easier
Edit Context Menu Items In Windows 7 & VistaShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows
ShellMenuView
ShellMenuNew
Right Click Enhancer - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Downloads
Right-Click Extender download and reviews from SnapFiles
FileMenu Tools

And of course, thanks to our resident experts, we have a number of tutorials you can look through for additional help:

Context Menu - Add ‘Copy To Folder’ and ‘Move To Folder’
Add or Remove ‘Open With’ to Context Menu
Method to Add ‘Take ownership’ Option in Right Click Menu.
Context Menu - Add Shortcuts with Icons
Add or Remove "Open Command Window Here as Administrator" to the Context Menu
How to Add Empty Folder and Subfolders to the Windows 7 Context Menu
Context Menu - add ‘View and Print File Directory’ - Vista Forums

Thanks, Carmine! Now if only the OP will be able to find what he needs in that list!

Imperfect1 said:

Unfortunately, there's very rarely a free lunch. ...

you are correct. sadly, not much in the way of something 'For Dummies'. I did try several of those. Ended up using something not listed but seemed to be most friendly to me called 'Fast Explorer 2008'. - thnx.

MourningStar said:

Imperfect1 said:

Unfortunately, there's very rarely a free lunch. ...

you are correct. sadly, not much in the way of something 'For Dummies'. I did try several of those. Ended up using something not listed but seemed to be most friendly to me called 'Fast Explorer 2008'. - thnx.

Thanks for the recommendation of Fast Explorer 2008 MourningStar! CNET seemed to like it and the users' reviews seem positive. It's so great that we can ALL learn from each other. And I'm happy to have something new to add to my arsenal of menu customizing apps!

well, I am certainly glad that this 'dummie' was able to contribute something here.

cheers!