Take Advantage of Window 7′s “Secret” Right-Click Feature

Many people who have been using Windows 7 for awhile might be surprised to learn that there is a not very well known secret right-click feature that can be used for all sorts of purposes.
To see how the “secret” trick works, bring up any file manager, for this example, we’ll use Windows Explorer. Once it’s loaded, highlight a document, then press Shift-Right-Click. You should see something like this:

Notice how some of the things you would normally have to find somewhere else to run (such as the desktop or control panel) are right there ready for use.




















Also note that some of the items on the menu might not be all that familiar to you; for example there is something called “copy as path”

…a very handy feature indeed. What it does is copy the physical path of the highlighted file to the clipboard, which means, you can then paste it into any application you desire. For example, if you select it then move to Word and click on Paste, you’ll get this:

Also, if you click on different types of files, you’ll get some different options. For example if you move to your program folder and highlight and then Shift-Right-Click on the executable program iexplore,  you should get these options near the top of the popup menu:

Clicking on “Run as administrator” or “Run as different user” allows you to do just as it says, run the specified program as either an administrator (provided you have permission) or even as a different user (provided you have the password if needed).
You also might notice on this “secret” menu that there are way more places listed under “send to” than you would normally see anywhere else.

Also, if you’d like to add a folder to the “send to menu” listing, type “shell:sendto” into the Explorer address field:

…and you’ll get this folder contents. To add another folder, just drag it and drop it on this folder and it will show up on future send-to screens:

Finally you can also automatically send files as .rar (f you have it already installed) or .zip format to save time when sending large files through email.
All in all, the “secret” popup menu associated with Shift-Right-Click is a yet another handy feature that lies buried among all the other handy features that come with Windows 7.