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.

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