With due respect to Lopesoft, FileMenu Tools is horrible, horrible software. At least, for me. The concept is a much-needed tool, but this version is DANGEROUS! It needs a lot, I repeat, a lot! of improvement.
Downloaded, installed and registered with no problems. Backed up the registry before doing so.
Minor problem: The help file is pretty much useless.
•Under the tab “Commands and Other applications”, there is a check box for “Taskband pin”. Not having seen that term before, I checked the help file. No help. This is just one example. What is “ModernSharing”? What is ShdExt? …. Etc….. No help on the website, either.
•Wanted to remove several menu items installed by other software, such as McAfee’s “shred with”. Can’t seem to do it – can’t seem to find a way to add items.
Major problem: Unchecked several boxes in “Commands of FileMenuTools” and “Commands and Other applications”. Rebooted.
•The shortcuts on the taskbar no longer worked. EVERY shortcut had been changed to WinUtilities “ToolRegDefrag”. Could not open Widows Explorer, Task Manager, etc. When trying to open Registry Editor, got a message “The Registry Editor is not available” with a bunch of garbage in the window.
•It changed my default browser, lost all my extensions.
•Used Ctrl-Alt-Del to open Task Manager . Used it to start Widows Explorer and The Registry Editor. Tried to restore the registry three times. Each time nothing happened; each time after perhaps 30 seconds an error message appeared.
•Started to curse loudly and strongly. Started looking for a Restore Point link in Control Panel.
God must have heard me cursing – Kerish Doctor, a recent SOS giveaway, popped up and told me it had found and fixed 108 problems. Haven’t checked everything, but I seem to be back to pre- FileMenuTools. Even got my Firefox extensions back.
Thank you, God, Kerish Doctor, and Ashraff, the boss.
Suggestions for Lopesoft :
• Provide a helpful Help file.
• Provide a System Restore option.
• I use portable software whenever possible. If FMTools doesn’t’ catch these programs, hopefully it can be adapted to do so.
Looking forward to trying an improved version.
My system: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, Intel i5-3570 CPU, 16 gig memory Using about 40%, 240 gig SSD 66% used.