Clean Up Windows Right-Click Context Menus

June 14, 2005

This list of quick Windows tricks lists the following for clearing out unwanted contect-menu items when you Right-Click your mouse:

Often you’ll get rid of an app, such as a graphics program or an antivirus scanner, only to find unwelcome remnants cluttering up your context menus and offering you the option to open or work with these files with programs that no longer live in your PC. Stamp ‘em out. Back up the Registry just in case, then launch Regedit. In the left pane, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ * \ shellx \ ContextMenuHandlers and click the folder’s + sign to view its folders. Still in the left pane, delete the folder below ContextMenuHandlers that’s named for the program you want removed.

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows offers a lot of useful and convenient keyboard shortcuts. If your keyboard has a Windows key, there are even more.

Windows key + R Run
Windows key + M Minimize All
Windows key + Shift+M Undo Minimize All
Windows key + F1 Windows Help
Windows key + E Explorer
Windows key + F Find Folder or Files
Windows key + Tab Cycle through Taskbar Buttons
Windows key + Pause/Break System Properties
Ctrl+X Cut selected item
Ctrl+C Copy selected item
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+Z Undo the last operation
Shift+F10 Pops up the shortcut menu, just like right-clicking
Ctrl+Esc Pops up the Start Menu
Ctrl+A Select all items
Ctrl+F Find
Alt+Tab Switch between applications
Alt+Tab+Shift Switch backward between applications
Alt+Esc Switch open windows
Alt+Enter Open properties for selected item
Shift+Delete Delete selected item without placing it in the Recycle Bin
F1 View Help for a selected dialog box
F2 Rename the selected item
F3 Opens the Find Command in your current folder
F4 Drop the "folder selection menu" in Explorer
F5 Refreshes the contents of the current folder
Alt+F4 Quit a program
Backspace Go up one directory (Explorer), go to previous page (Internet Explorer)

From: PC911 - Friendly Computer Help In Plain English

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