Installation



Shell can be installed in the following ways:


Please also note the following reference sections:


Installer version
Install

Download the installation file (Installer/Portable), run setup.exe, follow the installation steps, and agree to restart Windows File Explorer.

The program will be installed to C:\Program Files\Nilesoft Shell\, unless you have chosen a different installation path during the installation steps.

Uninstall

Inside the Shell program folder (C:\Program Files\Nilesoft Shell\ by default), run the unst000.exe or unstall.exe file, then follow the steps, and then agree to restart Windows File Explorer.


Portable version
Install

Download the installation file (Installer/Portable), run setup.exe, click Next, chose the folder you want the program to be extracted to, Check the option Portable Mode, and click Extract.

Open an elevated command prompt (or use gsudo), change to the directory you have extracted the program to, and run

Administrator: Command Prompt
shell -register -restart

For further details, see the chapter Command-Line Help below.

Uninstall

Open an elevated command prompt (or use gsudo), change to the directory you have extracted the program to, and run

Administrator: Command Prompt
shell -unregister -restart

Tip: Close all instances of Windows File Explorer before uninstalling to avoid needing a reboot after it (Shell) has been uninstalled.

For further details see the chapter Command-Line Help below.


Windows Package Manager

Windows Package Manager is available from Windows 10 version 1809.

Install

Open a command prompt, and run

COMMAND PROMPT
winget install Nilesoft.Shell

The program will be installed to C:\Program Files\Nilesoft Shell\.

Uninstall

Open a command prompt, and run

COMMAND PROMPT
winget uninstall Nilesoft.Shell

Scoop

Scoop can be installed following the instructions at scoop.sh.

Install

Open a command prompt, and run

COMMAND PROMPT
scoop install nilesoft-shell

The program will be installed to %USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\nilesoft-shell\current\.

Tip: If you get the error Couldn't find manifest for 'nilesoft-shell', please run first
COMMAND PROMPT
scoop bucket add extras

Open an elevated command prompt (or use gsudo), and run

Administrator: Command Prompt
shell -register -restart

For further details see the chapter Command-Line Help below.

Uninstall

Open an elevated command prompt (or use gsudo), and run

Administrator: Command Prompt
shell -unregister -restart

Then run

Administrator: Command Prompt
scoop uninstall nilesoft-shell

Chocolatey

Chocolatey can be installed following the instructions at chocolatey.org.

Install
Notice: Until the package has been moderated, you need to add the specific version string to the installer, adding e.g.
COMMAND PROMPT
choco install nilesoft.shell --version=1.8.1
Please find the latest published version at Chocolatey's Version History and use the latest version number (replacing 1.8.1).

Open an elevated command prompt (or use gsudo), and run

COMMAND PROMPT
choco install nilesoft.shell

The program will be installed to C:\Program Files\Nilesoft Shell\.

Uninstall

Open an elevated command prompt (or use gsudo), and run

COMMAND PROMPT
choco uninstall nilesoft.shell

Command-Line Help

shell -[options]

Options
-register (-r) Registering.
-unregister (-u) Unregistering.
-restart (-re) Restart Windows Explorer.
-treat Disable Windows 11 context menu.
-silent (-s) Prevents displaying messages.
-? Display this help message.
Use the following keys to enable/disable

These keys are used when you press right-click or press Shift+F10 keys

CTRL To enable and reload the configuration file shell.nss
WIN To make priority to the modern context menu for Windows 11
CTRL+WIN To disable Shell and Enable Classic Context Menu
RIGHT-CLICK+LEFT-CLICK To reload the configuration file shell.nss