Finderpop may be a decent alternative.
I too was a diehard FM user but upgraded to Lion without even thinking that it wouldn't work. But since upgrading to it, and buying a new mini that will ONLY run 10.7, I don't miss it.
I di miss MenuMaster from time-to-time.
Unsanity is a pretty terribly run biz. C'mon, still not up to date? They sent out an email asking for money for something that hasn't been released yet? What are they smoking crack down there?

Is there anything specific that FruitMenu is causing?
Have you tried different FruitMenu settings? Excluding applications?
Have you contacted Unsanity about specific FruitMenu problems?

I've had all the haxies you mention, but only use FruitMenu and WindowShade. For a long time I stopped using haxies and these are the only 2 I decided to use again. Using 10.5.8 I've had only minor issues that have already been addressed and/or that I solved customizing my settings.

I have contacted Unsanity twice and they didn't bother to reply. I also sent them all APE related crash reports. I always contact the developer directly before posting any comment publicly.

Sometimes I'm not in the mood to troubleshoot. I just want the haxies to work. This isn't a beta release. I understand all software has bugs but this is just too much.

There's no settings option for "don't delete any preference files" or "don't mess up with my menu items" or "limit the haxie to this app", etc.

This isn't about excluding apps either, what does FruitMenu has to do with these apps: Growl, 1Password, AirPort Base Station Agent, Boom, Default Folder X, Desktop Notifier, Dock, Dropbox, Glims, Hazel, HoudahSpot, iTunes, KeyCue, launch2net, Little Snitch, LogMeIn, Mailplane, Pastebot, Printopia, PTHPasteboard, Quiet Read, RemoteHelper, Safari, SIMBL, Sophos AV, Spanning Sync, Speed Download, SpiceRack, System Preferences, TextExpander, Transmission, Transmit, Viscosity Warp and Witch?

FruitMenu should be limited to the menubar (SystemUIServer) and the Finder's context menu.

WindowShade X, Labels X and Xounds don't seem to be causing any issues, I have uninstalled them and the problem remains. The problematic haxies are FruitMenu and MenuMaster.

When I saw they released Snow Leopard compatible updates, I tried them immediately. I was about to purchase upgrade licenses a few days ago in order to support the developer. I'm glad I didn't.

Unsanity takes too long to release fixes for new versions of the OS. Some haxies haven't been updated in years!

Unsanity's golden era is long gone.

Well, in order to get things to work, sometimes you do need to troubleshoot and get to the cause of the problem affecting your system, and the cause may be related to an interaction with other applications.

You can certainly limit FruitMenu (and probably all haxies) to specific applications via the Master Exclude List and each specific Exclude List. You can also setup FruitMenu Globally as well as for specific applications.

I don't know that FruitMenu has anything to do directly with the applications you mention. I have a dozen or so, but not all. You can exclude them if you want. Let's take HoudahSpot as an example. Thanks to FruitMenu I can use HoudahSpot, and access an enhanced Apple Menu with a lot of options I selected, such as launching a specific application, browsing through custom folders, restarting my Mac, switching to other open applications, etc. With something like KeyCue I don't want or need this access. If I were having problems I would troubleshoot and exclude it from FruitMenu.

Have you tried disabling or uninstalling MenuMaster? If your Menu Items are messed up, I would consider MenuMaster a more likely culprit. I have not used my copy in years so I'm not too familiar with it these days. My Menu Bar used to get messed up, and IIRC I ended up removing MenuMaster, AliasMenu, and probably one or two other applications.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but this is the place to rate FruitMenu. If it is indeed causing your problems, then it deserves a poor rating. On the other hand, if you're "not in the mood to troubleshoot" and give FruitMenu a poor rating just because you dislike Unsanity then these ratings lose their value. Unlike many people who truly post useless ratings, your comments do add value and information.

I'm not a fan of Unsanity. I have 10 of their haxies and only get to use 2 these days. I also bought their first product, Echo, in 2000 IIRC. I hated that it was discontinued. None of that has anything to do with FruitMenu, though.

I hope you find this comment useful, and thank you for taking the time for your previous reply.

Sounds like your legacy preferences in your system.

Experienced that on one mac... just uninstall ALL the Unsanity Haxies and reinstall the latest versions from scratch. Sorted it for me. The new generation 2010 haxies all working beautifully for me on Snow Leopard.

Thanks MJC.
I uninstalled everything back in July and started from scratch. I did the same this time. What seems to have worked for me was:
-Manually installing Application Enhancer 2.6.1
-Removing System Preferences from FruitMenu. I can access this by selecting Customize Fruit Menu, otherwise it just kept crashing.

FruitMenu now works, with the following bugs (so far):
1. Application icons often disappear. I've noticed this mainly with Firefox.
2. Roughly forty of my Contextual Menus are duplicated.

I'll use it for a few days and then decide whether or not to keep it. It does have very useful features, such as a contextual menu to gather multiple items in a new folder, but I can't stand the bugs :(