Looking For Right-Click Context Menu Reg Files


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I'm looking for right-click Context Menu registry files that will remove some of these shortcuts.

I want to edit my Context Menus manually. I don't want to use Context Menu Editors like ShellExView. I also don't want to hack dlls to remove any.

I'm looking specifically for registry tweak files.

So far I've only come up with a few. Hopefully some of you can contribute some of yours for me.

Here's only a few of what I would still like to remove manually with a registry file, but I do want to remove others, too. So if you have others, I would appreciate hearing about them.

Remove From My Computer Right Click:

Remove Search From My Computer

Remove Map Network Drive From My Computer

Remove Disconnect Network Drive From My Computer

Remove Show Desktop From My Computer

Remove Rename From My Computer

Remove From Drives and Folders Right Click:

Sharing and Security

Format

Search

Create Image

Remove From Music Files Right Click:

Add to Playlist

Add to Sync List

Create Shortcut

Remove From Video Files:

Add to Now Playing List

Add to Playlist

Add to Sync List

Add to Burn List

Play on My

Thanks,

Bold_Fortune

So far I've come up with these:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Removes Briefcase, Bitmap Image, Wordpad Document, Eraser Task Document, Rich Text Document, Wav Sound and Compressed (zipped) Folder from New Menu.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\WordPad.Document.1]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ers\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]

;Remove "Optimize with PerfectDisk" from Drive Icon Right-Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Optimize using PerfectDisk]

;Remove Eraser Text From Recycle Bin Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell\Erasext]

;Remove Manage From My Computer Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage]

;Remove Explore From My Computer, Drives and Folders Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore]

;Remove Search From My Computer Right Click
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find]

  Bold_Fortune said:
Remove From Music Files Right Click:

Add to Playlist

Add to Sync List

Create Shortcut

Remove From Video Files:

Add to Now Playing List

Add to Playlist

Add to Sync List

Add to Burn List

Play on My

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Oh for a second there I thought you'd removed these :| I really want these gone, I'll never use them. Stupid WMP :rolleyes:

Found one.

You know, I've posted this classified ad on four different forums. Not much response coming from any of them. Guess these Context Menu edits are tough to come up with.

I've been looking everywhere, and I only came up with this one. (Pathetic, ain't it?)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Open With From Right Click
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With]
@=""

  Cronium said:
Do a search for a member named "Herby"

He has a whole bunch of reg files for modifying desktop icons. I think from reading them you should have an idea of how to remove, or change them

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If only that were relevant :rolleyes:
  fr3ak said:
If only that were relevant :rolleyes:

586006502[/snapback]

Yes & no,.. most of these are ContextMenu Handlers. :)

Here are some reg files to remove and restore some of the commands:

Sharing and Security-.reg deletes the Sharing and Security command from the context menu from Drives and Folders & Sharing and Security+.reg restores them.

NoNetConnectDisconnect.reg removes the Map Network Drive and Disconnect Network Drive commands from the toolbar, from the Tools menus in Windows Explorer and My Network Places and from menus that appear when you right-click the Windows Explorer or My Network Places icons. It also removes the Add Network Place option from My Network Places.

WMP-RC.reg removes the WMP Right Click Options (Queue-it-up, etc.) & WMP+RC.reg restores them.

[/Herby]

Context_Menu_Regs.zipFetching info...

Well Herby, given the information you gave me about the WMP Right Click commands, I fooled around a little with some registry keys.

I would only like to remove these Right Click Options:

Add to Playlist and Add to Sync List.

But I want to keep these two Right Click Options:

Add to Now Playing List and Add to Burn List

Unfortunately, your WMP Right Clicks reg file removes all of them.

I broke things down, though, to two registry files. One will remove both the Add to Burn List and the Add to Sync List.

The other will remove both the Add to Playlist and Add to Now Playing List.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Add to Burnlist and Add to Sync Lists WMP Files Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

Removes Add To Now Playlist and Add To Playlist WMP Files Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]

And that's as far as I can take it.

Be nice if you or someone could take this to the next level of removing only the Add to Playlist and Add to Sync List.

  • 2 weeks later...

Hi,

I have a related problem.

I was trying to remove some of the above options in the shell menu (by haphazardly reg deleting :(), but want to preserve "Add to Playlist".

Unfortunately I can't find anyway to repair it - reinstalling WMP9 does nothing for reg entries it would seem.

Herby's reg file doesn't help either (the restore one), he mentions "Queue-it-Up", which I think is for WMP8.

Does anyone know how I can repair these shell options? I'm on WMP10 atm (XP)

Thanks!

HalcyoN101, try this one...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
@="WMP Add To Playlist Launcher"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\wmpshell.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}\SupportedTypes]
".aif"=""
".aifc"=""
".aiff"=""
".asf"=""
".asx"=""
".au"=""
".avi"=""
".cda"=""
".dvr-ms"=""
".m1v"=""
".m3u"=""
".mid"=""
".midi"=""
".mp2"=""
".mp2v"=""
".mp3"=""
".mpa"=""
".mpe"=""
".mpeg"=""
".mpg"=""
".mpv2"=""
".rmi"=""
".snd"=""
".wav"=""
".wax"=""
".wm"=""
".wma"=""
".wmd"=""
".wms"=""
".wmv"=""
".wmx"=""
".wmz"=""
".wpl"=""
".wvx"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}\TypeLib]
@="{4B288991-E57A-4400-B6A2-89CE10F9F520}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}\Version]
@="1.0"

Afraid not, doesn't sort it...

Reinstalling WMP9 takes about 2 seconds and doesn't even reassert its associated file extensions... seems like it just assumes its working fine and exits.

Think what I'm going to have to do (to avoid a format&reinstall) is uninstall SP2 and try reinstalling SP1 to get the bundled player in there...............

  HalcyoN101 said:
Hi,

I have a related problem.

I was trying to remove some of the above options in the shell menu (by haphazardly reg deleting :(), but want to preserve "Add to Playlist".

Unfortunately I can't find anyway to repair it - reinstalling WMP9 does nothing for reg entries it would seem.

Herby's reg file doesn't help either (the restore one), he mentions "Queue-it-Up", which I think is for WMP8.?

Does anyone know how I can repair these shell options?? I'm on WMP10 atm (XP)

Thanks!

586080993[/snapback]

Start -> Run... -&gtregsvr32 wmpshell.dllb>

This restores all the context menu items from WMP.:):) regsvr32 /u wmpshell.dllb> removes all the context menu items from WMP)

Edited by Herby

Is that neat, or what. Very nice, Herby. Hey, you know when I tried that, it left only "record" in the right-clight menu...and "record" was now in bold lettering, like "play" usually is. You wouldn't know how to just eliminate the "record" would you?

Found one using RegShot and ContextEdit.

Remove "Record" from wave files...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Record From Wave Files
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SoundRec\shell\record]

UNDORemove "Record" from wave files...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;UNDORemove Record From Wave Files
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SoundRec\shell\record]
@="&Record"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SoundRec\shell\record\command]
@="sndrec32.exe \"%L\""

Found another.

Remove Search From Drive Icon...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Search From Drive Icon
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell]

UNDORemove Search From Drive Icon...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find]
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
  65,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

Actually you should change Remove Search From Drive Icon... to

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Remove Search From Drive Icon
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find]

I have other entries in shell that I wouldn't want to remove. In my case, I have Open Command Window Here installed.

  • 2 months later...
  • 4 months later...
  Herby said:

Yes & no,.. most of these are ContextMenu Handlers. :)

Here are some reg files to remove and restore some of the commands:

Sharing and Security-.reg deletes the Sharing and Security command from the context menu from Drives and Folders & Sharing and Security+.reg restores them.

NoNetConnectDisconnect.reg removes the Map Network Drive and Disconnect Network Drive commands from the toolbar, from the Tools menus in Windows Explorer and My Network Places and from menus that appear when you right-click the Windows Explorer or My Network Places icons. It also removes the Add Network Place option from My Network Places.

WMP-RC.reg removes the WMP Right Click Options (Queue-it-up, etc.) & WMP+RC.reg restores them.

[/Herby]

thanks you so much!!! :D :D

Been awhile since I've seen this thread. I think I've taken my right-click context menus as far as I can. (Unless Herby has anymore ideas. :) )

I'll bring you up to date with my quest. This is where I finished with them, thanks to the help of lots of folk around the Internet. Guess this is my final Master Reg File for right-click context menus.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Removes Briefcase, Bitmap Image, Wordpad Document, Eraser Task Document, Rich Text Document, Wav Sound and Compressed (zipped) Folder from New Menu.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\WordPad.Document.1]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ers\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]

;Remove Manage From My Computer Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage]

;Removes Map Network Drive and Disconnect Network Drive From Tools Menu and My Network Places Right Click 
;This also removes the Add Network Place Icon from an open My Network Place window and the Network Setup Icon
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoNetConnectDisconnect"=dword:00000001

;Remove Open With From Right Click
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With]
@=""

;Remove Search From My Computer Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find]

;Remove Sharing and Security From Drives and Folders Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

;Remove Eraser Text From Recycle Bin Right Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell\Erasext]

;Remove Optimize with PerfectDisk from Drive Icon Right-Click
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Optimize using PerfectDisk]

;Remove Print For Image Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print]

;Remove Print From inf File
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\inffile\shell\print]

;Remove Print From Internet Shortcut
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\InternetShortcut\shell\print]

;Remove Print From reg Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print]

;Remove Print From txt Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\print]

;Remove Print Fron ini File
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\inifile\shell\print]

;Remove Print From HTML Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\print]

;Remove Print From Wordpad RTF Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\shell\print]

;Remove Print From Batch Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\print]

;Remove Print From CMD Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\print]

;Remove Record From Wave Files
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SoundRec\shell\record]

;Remove Search From Drive Icon
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\find]

;Remove Search From Folder
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\find]

;Remove Play On My For AVI File
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PlayOnMyTV]

;Remove Play On My For MPEG and MPG Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PlayOnMyTV]

;Remove Play On My For WMV File
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PlayOnMyTV]

;Remove "Add to Sync List" & "Add to Burn List" from MPEG & MPG Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mpeg\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mpg\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

;Remove "Add to Sync List" & "Add to Burn List" from AVI Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

;Remove "Add to Sync List" & "Add to Burn List" from WMV Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.wmv\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPBurnAudioCD]

;This key also needs to be removed along with any of the 4 keys below
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\video\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]

;Remove Add to Now Playing List and Add to Playlist for WMV files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]

;Remove Add to Now Playing List and Add to Playlist for MPEG AND MPG Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]

;Remove Add to Now Playing List and Add to Playlist for ASF Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASFFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]

;Remove Add to Now Playing List and Add to Playlist for Avi Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]

;Remove Make Available Offline From Internet Shortcuts
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}]

  Bold_Fortune said:

Been awhile since I've seen this thread. I think I've taken my right-click context menus as far as I can. (Unless Herby has anymore ideas. :) )

I'll bring you up to date with my quest. This is where I finished with them, thanks to the help of lots of folk around the Internet. Guess this is my final Master Reg File for right-click context menus.

Nice list. :)

Here's one you could add:

Remove Run as... from the context menu from exe files:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]

Restore it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

+ I think it's not a bad idea to add a restore file. ;)

edit:

You can also remove "Create Shortcut" from all files (I think it looks cleaner and you can still right click + drag and select Create Shortcuts Here) but this requires some resource hacking (more info here).

Edited by Herby
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