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Nilesoft Shell

by Nilesoft · MIT License

100/100how this is calculated

Powerful context menu manager for Windows File Explorer.

Record

Latest version
1.9.18
Official page
https://nilesoft.org/
Minimum Windows
6.1.0.0
Package identifier
Nilesoft.Shell

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Nilesoft declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Nilesoft published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "setup-x64.msi" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "setup-x64.msi"

Expected output

06a44d6831e2aab27d8913b312ab65c3e0b1be739d02f6f88edfb8747c74d8a4

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Install Nilesoft Shell silently

The unattended switch below is the one Nilesoft declares in the installer manifest, not one we guessed by trying flags.

64-bit · machine scope · publisher-declared

.\setup-x64.msi /qn

32-bit · machine scope · publisher-declared

.\setup-x86.msi /qn

ARM64 · machine scope · publisher-declared

.\setup-arm64.msi /qn

Run it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.

Silent install commands for every program we index

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published3 of 3 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance3 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.35 / 35
Served over HTTPS3 of 3 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Licence declaredMIT LicenseA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is Nilesoft Shell safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from nilesoft.org, which is a domain we have tied to Nilesoft.

Every one of the 3 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 Nilesoft declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Nilesoft Shell with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id Nilesoft.Shell --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id Nilesoft.Shell

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of Nilesoft Shell4 with hashes

The version history of Nilesoft Shell, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

1.9.15

  • setup.exeanyofficial URL

    46e5afb96a092307725eb4503480ed4c894168884474df01b5a679bdae7e3e5e

1.9.0

  • setup.exeanyofficial URL

    4df2b30fc6b9d6d7c95c7e5070fbeb305c7d1b30ef3c135bb9e2838c10114fb6

1.9

released 27 Sept 2023
  • setup.exeanyofficial URL

    4DF2B30FC6B9D6D7C95C7E5070FBEB305C7D1B30EF3C135BB9E2838C10114FB6

1.8.1

  • setup.exeanyofficial URL

    c87da931586ab14ce957e99971ef8b344edfb1b0caa273e87c1be752bb924447

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record5

Every Nilesoft Shell version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 1.9.18
  • 1.9.15
  • 1.9.0
  • 1.9
  • 1.8.1

More programs we index

Not related to Nilesoft Shell — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/n/Nilesoft/Shell/1.9.18