RightClick

The right-click menu; the menu where everyone just wants to clean. No more Add to Archive or Add to Zip, just the necessities. Of course, no one expects much more of the right-click menu, right? I mean – how outrageous would it be if I could run a program from the right-click menu? Folks, if you’re sick of the Start Menu or want a faster way to get around, let me introduce you to Stardock’s RightClick.

RightClick doesn’t add any buttons to your current right-click menu; rather, it is a whole new menu on its own – complete with its own skins, functions, and a ton of other stuff. Skins can be customized to correspond with your current WindowBlinds theme, or you can choose from one of the other presets. I chose to use the Windows Classic skin…hey, I like it retro, alright?

Stardock’s RightClick allows you to do a heck of a lot of stuff with just an easy right-click of your mouse on the desktop. That might’ve been one of your concerns – what about the menu that allows you to copy and paste, and do all that other stuff? Don’t worry – right-clicking in applications and folders will not make it launch the RightClick menu – rather, it only works on the desktop, as I had mentioned. The RightClick menu allows you easy access to applications – the same programs on your Start Menu, but it also allows for quick access to programs that you create shortcuts toward – for example, in our scenario, I created a shortcut for Mozilla Firefox.

What if you want to change your wallpaper or desktop resolution though? Simple, just unload RightClick and the menu reverts back to normal.

RightClick takes up .7MB of RAM – practically nothing. RightClick does come as part of the Object Desktop 2008 package, but it can also be purchased individually for $9.95 at Stardock. My opinion: it’s kind of a minor convenience, because the Start Menu in Windows Vista and XP is already pretty optimized and requires just a left click. However, the shortcuts are pretty convenient, especially if you want to keep your desktop clean – RightClick is one of the easier methods to access your programs (Launchy’s great too). I personally would suggest saving up and purchasing all of Object Desktop 2008 Ultimate, rather than buy this program separately.