useful freeware - open++

Open++ is a shell context menu extension that allows you to quickly open the target file or folder with the predefined commands in Windows Explorer. It adds a submenu with customized menu items to the shell context menu when right click a file or folder in Windows Explorer. Open++ submenu is similar to the standard "Send To" menu but is much more advanced, since it allows you to customize the Title, Program, Parameters, Icon, Execution type, Associated file types for all commands that are added to the shell context menu.

In addition, Open++ also provides some advanced features, such as Open Command Prompt window, Copy full path or short path to the clipboard, Run program with parameters, Register or unregister DLL, Open or close CD drive, Set file attributes or time, and much more. You can add these predefined commands from the popup menu of Add button in Open++ Customize dialog. The following is the screenshot of Open++ submenu

Tips: On Windows Vista or later, holding down Shift key while selecting the command from Open++ submenu, Open++ will execute the selected command with administrative rights.

Customize

To customize Open++, right click a file or folder in Windows Explorer, then select "Customize Open++..." in Open++ submenu.

Commands

Lists the commands currently added to Open++ submenu. Use the "Add" button to add a command into the menu. Use the "Delete" button to remove a command from the menu. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons to change the order of the commands that appear on the menu.

· Add

Add a new command, separator, or one of predefined commands to Open++ submenu.

% Notes: Please be aware that Open++ has limitation of number of customized commands. Due to operating system limitations, you cannot add unlimited number of commands or separators to Open++ submenu. The maximum number of commands and separators that can be added to Open++ submenu is 128. It depends on how many other shell context menu extensions you have installed and how many menu items are occupied by those other shell context menu extensions.

· Delete

Remove the selected command from the list of Commands as well as from Open++ submenu.

· Move Up

Move the selected command higher in the list of Commands that appear on Open++ submenu.

· Move Down

Move the selected command lower in the list of Commands that appear on Open++ submenu.

· Title

Specify the title for the command that will appear on Open++ submenu.

· Program

Specify the program to be used for opening the target file or folder. Click the "..." button to select a program file. If the file resides on the system path, you can enter just the file name. If not, enter the full path of the program.

· Parameters

Specify the parameters that are passed to the program when the command is selected on Open++ submenu. Click the "..." button to select from a list of predefined macros as the parameters. You can also enter custom parameters (for example, command line switches), depending on the program you use.

The following table lists the macros that can be used in the parameters of the command. They will be replaced with the real paths when execute the command

· Icon

Specify the icon of the command which will be displayed beside the command in Open++ submenu. Click the "..." button to select an icon.

· Execution type

Specify the execution type when multiple files or folders are associated with the command.

• Iteratively

The command will be executed iteratively for each associated target file or folder.

• First only

The command will be executed only for the first associated target file or folder.

· Associate with

Specify the type that will be associated with the command.

• Files and Folders

The command will be shown in Open++ submenu whatever the target is a file or folder.

• Files only

The command will be shown in Open++ submenu only if the target is a file.

• Folders only

The command will be shown in Open++ submenu only if the target is a folder.

· File types

Specify the file types that will be associated with the command. Open++ will not show this command in Open++ submenu if the target file does not match the specified file types. A file types string can be a combination of an asterisk (*) wildcard character and a valid file extension. Do not include spaces in the file types string. To associate the command with multiple file types, use semicolon to separate the file types (for example, "*.txt;*.htm;*.log").

· Example

Specifying the following values in the "Open++ - Customize" dialog box will create a command labeled "Notepad" in Open++ submenu. When select it, Open++ will open the selected target file in the Notepad.

System Requirements

Requires Windows 2000 (or later) with Internet Explorer 5.0 (or later).

Installation and Uninstallation

To install Open++, please double click "OpenXXSetup.exe" in Windows Explorer, then select installation folder to start installation.

To uninstall Open++, please open "Add or Remove Programs" in Windows Control Panel, select "Open++" in the list of installed programs and click "Remove" button. Then restart the computer and manually delete the folder which Open++ was installed.

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Back up your files to e-mail

Overview

Backup your files/folders quickly by sending them to your email through right click context menu.

It even splits large files so they can be sent as multiple attachments to your email address.

Features

Right click files and backup to email.

Right click folders they are zipped and backuped.

Allow zip before send.

Run custom command before send.

Change subject prefix.

SSL SMTP connection and non ssl.

Configurable SMTP server.

Scheduler in crontab notation so you can schedule backups.

Ask for target email before every backup (by default not asking).

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Split U R files with GSplit

This application is a free reliable file splitter that lets you split your large files (like Self-Extracting archives, Zip archives, disk images, multimedia, music, video, backup, image, archive, log, large text, document files…) into a set of smaller files called pieces.

These pieces are easier to:

* Copy to floppies or any removable media.

* Distribute over the Internet, networks or through email (forget attached file size restrictions imposed by some ISP´s and email servers).

* Share with friends, colleagues or other users through networks and the Internet.

* Archive to Zip disk, CD, DVD, USB Flash drive and key, and any other storage support.

* upload to host accounts, file delivery services… that have restrictions on file sizes.

Features:

* Create two types of pieces: disk spanned and blocked (specific size). You can enter the size for each piece file or the number of pieces you want to obtain.

* Generate small full-featured Self-Uniting programs to restore your split files professionally. They provide your users with an intuitive Windows interface whose appearance can be customized according to your needs. GSplit is then not required in order to restore the split file.

* Store file properties and restore them: file´s date, attributes are not lost contrary to batch files.

* Perform fast checks to detect file corruption (size, offset, CRC32) and to give you the assurance that your files are successfully restored by your users. When a piece is corrupted, you are notified about it, so you just need to get a new copy of that piece, not the whole set.

* Split very large files (normally bigger than 4 GB).

* Customize piece files according to your needs (size, filenames, title, author…), leave additional space on disks, and create pieces without headers (useful for text-based files like large server log files).

* Support splitting multiple files in one time, include batch (automating) and command line options.

* Show you elapsed and estimated times during the splitting & uniting operations. You can also pause/resume the splitting operation.

* Store settings into profiles and let you use these settings for different files, remember MRU files and folders, automatically try to find out the best splitting settings…

* Integrate Windows Explorer to let you split your files directly from the context menu.

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