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Using DiskSorter Windows Shell Extension

DiskSorter provides Windows shell integration capabilities allowing one to classify files directly from the Windows Explorer application. In order to classify files in one or more disks or directories, select the required disks or directories in the Windows Explorer application, press the right mouse button and select the 'DiskSorter - Classify Files' menu item.

In most cases, the Windows shell extension is a very useful feature, but sometimes, when the user have too many installed shell extensions, the Windows context menu may become too cluttered. In order to remove the DiskSorter entry from the Windows context menu, open the options dialog, select the 'General' tab and disable the Windows shell extension.

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8-May-2026

DiskSorter v18.1 add support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins, improves the file classification pie charts, improves the file classification results dialog and improves the file classification plug-ins designer. In addition, the new product version adds support for new types of file matching rules, improves the file matching rules dialog and fixes a number of bugs.

11-Apr-2026

DiskSorter v18.0 redesigns the file classification results dialog, adds the ability to filter file classification reports by the report ID and improves the file classification reports dialog. In addition, the new version improves the JSON, CSV, text and XML file classification reports, improves the DiskSorter GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

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