Edit Context Menu?

[MS]

How does one edit what appears on the context menu in Windows Explorer, in
Windows XP.

(Some programs automatically put all kinds of commands there, without
asking, which I don't want.)

 

[R. McCarty]

Context Handlers are found in the Registry, under the Classes category.
There are handlers for Drive, Folder, etc..

There are tools on the Internet that interface to the Registry instead of
manually editing the handlers, such as ShellExview.

Modifying Context Menu handlers rates an "8-out-of-10" on the potential
"Self-Inflicted" injury scale. Seriously, before modifying/deleting any
Registry
Key or value, be sure the Export the original key first.

 

[Kelly]

It depends on where in the right click menu.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows
http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html

ContextEdit lets you control which items appear on your context menu
(right-click) in Windows Explorer.

Add, Modify, Disable, Delete Context Menu Listings (Line 23)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[OShah]

It depends on where in the right click menu.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

(Possibly Network and DVD as well).

Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows
http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html

ContextEdit lets you control which items appear on your context menu
(right-click) in Windows Explorer.

Add, Modify, Disable, Delete Context Menu Listings (Line 23)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Programmatically adding your own context menu item (requires COM
programming knowledge, watch wrap):

Shell Basics:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int.asp

Shell Intermediates:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics.asp



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[Mike Echo]

For instance, if I right-click on a folder, or inside a folder (but not on a
particular file), there is the new command. I use that most often to create
a new folder. Occasionally I might use it for something else. But when I
click on "New", I see a whole long list of programs that have added
themselves to the "New"list, and I would never open them that way, and that
makes the menu slow to load.

Anyone know--how to modify that list of file types under "New" in the
context menu?

TweakUI will allow you to do this. Haven't got the URL handy so just do
a Google.

HTH.

 

[t.cruise]

Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize that the feature was included in TweakUI for Windows
XP. The already listed File/New items are shown in the right pane, when you click on
Templates in the left pane. I got rid of all of those unwanted entries that appear on the
menu when File menu/New is clicked. Yes, there's a button to press to Create new
Templates. So, you can delete the Templates that you don't want, by clicking to uncheck
them in the box to the left of the item, and create new Templates by clicking the Create
button, and navigating to the program you want.

You can download TweakUI for Windows XP at:

http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Save the file TweakUI.exe to a folder. After downloading it, open
Windows Explorer or My Computer, and navigate to the folder with that
file, double click the file, which will install TweakUI for Windows XP.

After TweakUI for Windows XP is installed, it can be accessed by
clicking Start/Programs/Powertoys for Windows XP/TweakUI for Windows XP.
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