---
title: "Review: Shell MegaPack - Windows Explorer GUI Replacement Controls"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/5/29/review-shell-megapack-windows-explorer-gui-replacement-contr.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/5/29/review-shell-megapack-windows-explorer-gui-replacement-contr.html"
published: "2006-05-29T23:35:00"
updated: "2006-05-29T23:35:00"
tags: [".NET", ".Net 2.0", "Product Reviews", "Windows Forms"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This week I’m happy to put up an ad and review for Shell MegaPack by SSWare . I’ve used parts of Shell MegaPack by SSWare in a couple of small projects I did(Windows Forms), and was wonderfully surprised to find their…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Review: Shell MegaPack - Windows Explorer GUI Replacement Controls

By Roy Osherove May 29, 2006 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0), [Product Reviews](https://osherove.com/blog/category/product-reviews), [Windows Forms](https://osherove.com/blog/category/windows-forms)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 29, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

This week I’m happy to put up an ad and review for [Shell MegaPack](http://www.ssware.com/megapack.htm) by [SSWare](http://www.ssware.com/).

I’ve used parts of [Shell MegaPack](http://www.ssware.com/megapack.htm) by [SSWare](http://www.ssware.com/) in a couple of small projects I did(Windows Forms), and was wonderfully surprised to find their controls fully featured, easy to use and customize and  powerful in terms of abilities.

Their Windows Explorer GUI replacement Controls are the best I’ve seen on the market and can definitely help in making the Windows File system a part of your applications.

[![](https://osherove.com/img/wb/3ce83be4_www.ssware.com_images_megapack.gif)](http://www.ssware.com/megapack.htm)

Apart from some minor annoyances (like [this one](http://www.ssware.com/support/viewtopic.php?t=291) which I had to find the hard way) and problems with earlier builds of VS 2005 (like [this one](http://www.ssware.com/support/viewtopic.php?t=297)), these controls work almost flawlessly, and are a mature product(version 7.1 already) to be used in real world applications.

**Overall mark: 9.0**. Great Product.

As an aside, I’ve also gotten a chance to use their excellent [EZShellExtensions.Net](http://www.ssware.com/ezshell/ezshell.htm) product line, which helps in hooking those special file system events, and these guys know what they are doing.

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