{"id":45838,"date":"2013-09-30T19:28:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=45838"},"modified":"2013-09-30T19:28:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:28:27","slug":"tweak-your-windows-context-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/tweak-your-windows-context-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweak Your Windows Context Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h3>Tweak Your Windows Context Menu<\/h3>\n<p>By Anand Khanse for The Windows Club<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">Learn how to make the Windows Right Click Menu or Context Menu even more powerful.&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The Right Click Menu or the Context Menu is the menu, which appears, when you right-click on the desktop or a file or folder in Windows. This menu gives you added functionality by offering you actions you can take with the item. Most programs like to stuff their commands in this menu. 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