Help: Right-Click Menu on Start button (changing/removing menu items)

[Misty]

How can I change and/or remove entries/shortcuts from the Start button menu
that appears when it is right-clicked? I have previously had applications
installed that have added their own shortcuts to the right-click menu and
those menu items have hung around long after the applications have been
removed.

I'm sure it must be easy. Is there a Windows sub-directory containing the
shortcuts?

Can the same method be applied to Windows 98?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Misty,

It's not a sub-directory, they are registry entries. Generally found in
these keys (similar in fashion to Win98):

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex
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

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org