A lightweight, portable Windows utility that adds four genuinely useful actions to your right-click menu, and lets you switch each one on or off from a simple control panel. No bloat, no background service, no admin rights.
Windows' right-click menu is usually two things at once: cluttered with entries you never use, and missing the one small tool you actually need. RightClick+ takes the opposite approach: a handful of focused, everyday file actions you can turn on individually, and that stay completely out of your way otherwise.
- Portable, no admin. Every menu entry is written under your own user account (
HKCU). Nothing touches the system, no UAC prompt. - Clean by design. Turning a feature off (or uninstalling the app) removes its menu entry completely.
- No lag. Clicks run a tiny helper executable, so there's no app to launch on every right-click.
The problem. You end up with a pile of loose files (downloads, exports, scans, renders) and you want each one tucked into its own folder. By hand that means: create a folder, rename it to match the file, drag the file in, and repeat twenty times.
The fix. Select any files, right-click, File to Folder. Each file is moved into a new folder named after it. It works on a multi-selection and handles the awkward cases: it merges into a folder that already exists, and steps around a file that already owns the name (report.exe becomes report/ even if report.exe is nearby). Extensionless files like LICENSE nest cleanly too.
The problem. A file makes perfect sense the day you save it. A week later you are asking: where did I download this from? Why did I keep it? Which version is it, and was there anything special about it? With a name like setup.exe, good luck remembering.
The fix. Right-click a file, File Note, and jot down whatever future-you will want to know: the download page, the version, install notes, or just a reminder to yourself.
Downloaded from the vendor's site · Version 4.8.2 · Portable build · Requires .NET 8 · Windows 11 only
The note is saved right next to the file (.txt or .md, your choice), so the information travels with the file wherever it goes. RightClick+ opens it in a small editor built specifically for File Notes, deliberately lightweight so it never competes with OneNote, Obsidian, or Notepad. It exists to answer one question: "Why did I keep this file?"
The problem. You need a file's name or full path to paste into a script, a terminal, an email, or a config, sometimes with the extension, sometimes without, sometimes quoted because it has spaces. Windows makes you rename-to-copy or retype it.
The fix. Right-click, Copy File Names, then pick exactly the form you need:
- Copy file name →
report.pdf - Copy name without extension →
report - Copy full path →
C:\Work\report.pdf - Copy full path (quoted) →
"C:\Work\report.pdf"
Select several files and they are copied together, one per line or comma-separated, whichever you set.
The problem. Every folder is the same yellow. The three folders that actually matter are lost among the fifty that don't.
The fix. Right-click a folder, Folder Color, and choose from 11 colors. The folder icon is recolored so the ones that matter stand out at a glance, with Reset color to put it back. It is per-folder and self-contained (a hidden desktop.ini plus an icon inside the folder), so the color travels with the folder, even to another PC.
RightClick+'s window is just a switchboard:
- Turn each of the four features On / Off. Each toggle adds or removes its right-click entry.
- Switch Windows between the Classic and Modern right-click menu (Windows 11).
- Set your preferences: note format (
.txt/.md), copy separator, and light/dark theme.
The menu only ever shows the actions; all configuration lives here, so your right-click stays clean.
RightClick+ follows one simple principle:
If an action saves time every day, it belongs in the right-click menu.
Every feature exists because it removes unnecessary steps from a common file-management task.
- Download the latest
RightClickPlus-Setup-x.y.z.exefrom the Releases page. - Run it. It is a per-user install, so there is no admin/UAC prompt.
- Open RightClick+ and switch on the features you want.
Windows 11 tip: RightClick+'s entries appear on the top-level right-click menu when the Classic menu is enabled (there is a one-click switch inside the app). On the modern menu, they live under Show more options.
Portable and self-contained, no separate .NET runtime install needed.
Uninstall from Windows Settings → Apps, or simply toggle features off; either removes RightClick+'s menu entries cleanly. Folders you have colored keep their color; choose Reset color on a folder first if you would like it plain again.
Requirements: Windows 10/11 and the .NET 10 SDK.
# build, publish (portable, self-contained), and package the installer
.\build.ps1
# quick compile check only
.\build.ps1 -SkipInstallerSolution layout
| Project | Role |
|---|---|
RightClick.App |
WinUI 3 control panel: UI, MVVM, dependency injection |
RightClick.Cli |
Tiny helper exe the right-click entries invoke (the action runner) |
RightClick.Core |
Models and service interfaces (no UI, no Windows-specific I/O) |
RightClick.Infrastructure |
Registry and filesystem implementations |
The installer is built with Inno Setup from installer/RightClickPlus.iss.
Released under the MIT License.