editing right-click menus

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i recently uninstalled a program from my computer, but one
of its options remains in the windows right click menus
(shell???) how can i edit the menus so that i can get rid
of the non-functioning options? thanks in advance for all
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Search entries in

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
 
joe said:
i recently uninstalled a program from my computer, but one
of its options remains in the windows right click menus
(shell???) how can i edit the menus so that i can get rid
of the non-functioning options? thanks in advance for all
replies...
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Download and run shexview.zip from:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/shellexview.html

It will create a list of all shell extensions. Click on the column
heading "Type" to sort by type and scroll down to the context menu
grouping. See if the item is listed there. If so disable then remove it.
 

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