How would you like to put your favorite folders into the right click menu?, such as to have them right there at your fingertips when you need them: quickly jump to them, move or copy objects to them, and even quickly open the command window within the folders. If this sounds like a good idea then check out MyFolders, a free windows extension that lets you do all of the above quickly and easily (and works in both 32 and 64 bit environments).
This program works about as you would expect; select a group of items on the desktop and move down the cascading menu to copy or move them to a desired destination. Or right click on the desktop if you want to quickly jump to a folder. (See the screenshots above).
The verdict: a very useful utility, the sort of thing that users will probably come to regard as indispensible after using it for a while. Especially useful if you frequently find a clutter of files on your desktop, which you can now sort into the appropriate folders via right click. But note that you could have more or less the same functionality in the right-click ‘send to’ menu via programs like ‘Send to Toys’ or ‘SendToSendTo’.
I have seen a number of very similar utilities but most of them have not made the jump to supporting 64 but context menus, which MyFolders does, to its credit.
Version tested: 3.1
Compatibility: Windows 7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2008 R2/2008/2003 supported (32-bit & 64-bit)
Go to the program page to download (approx 995K).
http://emergedesktop.org
I’m currently using “Folder Guide” and this looked to be a better alternative, unfortunately I keep getting this error message:
Unable to start a critical component.
Please ensure that MyFolders is properly installed.
[Internal error message= "The requested operation requires elevation".]
Reinstalling and running as administrator didn’t help.
Using Vista SP2
I’ve been using a program called “shockbookmark” for years now. Doesn’t seem to be any recent developement but it allows easy access to folders via context menu as well as “copy to” and “move to” functions to previously configured destinations. http://www.docs.kr/entry/Download-Shock-Bookmark-en
Thank you for this review Samer.
MyFolders is now installed and running smoothly on W7 SP1.
I already had Send to and Copy to folder functions via another shell extension, (that I’ll be uninstalling). The Go to folder function is a welcome addition.
Hi Samer, thanks for reviewing our little utility! We are pleased to provide it free for everyone to use and look forward to hearing from your readers about how it can be improved.
@Michael – apologies for the trouble on Vista… we have never seen that one before. Please contact us (via http://www.coretechnologies.com/support/) and we will try to fix the problem ASAP.