Remove "Edit", "Print", "Preview" from context menu?

G

Guest

How do I remove "Edit", "Print", "Preview" and other unused items from the
context menu? Thanks.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

For which file type? Most of those settings can be managed using Folder
Options applet (File Types tab)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


How do I remove "Edit", "Print", "Preview" and other unused items from the
context menu? Thanks.
 
G

Guest

For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I don't
see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was Open
and Printto.

Thanks.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

You can remove the "Edit" and "Print" actions from the registry. For image
file types, use these steps:

1. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

3. Export (backup) the branch to a REG file.
4. Delete the two sub-keys namely "edit" and "print".
5. Close Regedit

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I don't
see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was Open
and Printto.

Thanks.
 
G

Guest

You are awesome, Ramesh. You helped out the last time. No wonder you are the
MVP!!

While we are on the topic, how can I remove "Preview" and uninstall Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer completely for good?

Ramesh said:
You can remove the "Edit" and "Print" actions from the registry. For image
file types, use these steps:

1. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

3. Export (backup) the branch to a REG file.
4. Delete the two sub-keys namely "edit" and "print".
5. Close Regedit

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I don't
see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was Open
and Printto.

Thanks.

Ramesh said:
For which file type? Most of those settings can be managed using Folder
Options applet (File Types tab)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

You're welcome, Mo. The Preview actions are defined in the following places:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\open
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


You are awesome, Ramesh. You helped out the last time. No wonder you are the
MVP!!

While we are on the topic, how can I remove "Preview" and uninstall Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer completely for good?

Ramesh said:
You can remove the "Edit" and "Print" actions from the registry. For image
file types, use these steps:

1. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

3. Export (backup) the branch to a REG file.
4. Delete the two sub-keys namely "edit" and "print".
5. Close Regedit

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I
don't
see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was
Open
and Printto.

Thanks.

Ramesh said:
For which file type? Most of those settings can be managed using Folder
Options applet (File Types tab)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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G

Guest

Ramesh, thanks so much for your answers. However, once I deleted the
"Preview" menu, "Edit" menu item popped up. And there are no "Open" and
"Edit" keys, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

Where can I find this elusive "Edit" key in the registry? When I click Edit,
the image is opened in the Picture and Fax Viewer.

Thanks for your time.


Ramesh said:
You're welcome, Mo. The Preview actions are defined in the following places:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\open
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


You are awesome, Ramesh. You helped out the last time. No wonder you are the
MVP!!

While we are on the topic, how can I remove "Preview" and uninstall Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer completely for good?

Ramesh said:
You can remove the "Edit" and "Print" actions from the registry. For image
file types, use these steps:

1. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

3. Export (backup) the branch to a REG file.
4. Delete the two sub-keys namely "edit" and "print".
5. Close Regedit

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I
don't
see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was
Open
and Printto.

Thanks.

Ramesh said:
For which file type? Most of those settings can be managed using Folder
Options applet (File Types tab)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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Click to expand...
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G

Guest

Nevermind.
The Edit option showed up in filetypes tab and I deleted the item for each
image file type. But I was wondering, if it did not show up
"SystemFileAssociations\image\shell", from where did this Edit come from?

Thanks once again.

Mo said:
Ramesh, thanks so much for your answers. However, once I deleted the
"Preview" menu, "Edit" menu item popped up. And there are no "Open" and
"Edit" keys, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

Where can I find this elusive "Edit" key in the registry? When I click Edit,
the image is opened in the Picture and Fax Viewer.

Thanks for your time.


Ramesh said:
You're welcome, Mo. The Preview actions are defined in the following places:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\open
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


You are awesome, Ramesh. You helped out the last time. No wonder you are the
MVP!!

While we are on the topic, how can I remove "Preview" and uninstall Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer completely for good?

Ramesh said:
You can remove the "Edit" and "Print" actions from the registry. For image
file types, use these steps:

1. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
2. Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell

3. Export (backup) the branch to a REG file.
4. Delete the two sub-keys namely "edit" and "print".
5. Close Regedit

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I
don't
see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was
Open
and Printto.

Thanks.

:

For which file type? Most of those settings can be managed using Folder
Options applet (File Types tab)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

Mo,

Each file type can have an "edit" verb, which overrides the
SystemFileAssociations' "edit" verb.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Nevermind.
The Edit option showed up in filetypes tab and I deleted the item for each
image file type. But I was wondering, if it did not show up
"SystemFileAssociations\image\shell", from where did this Edit come from?

Thanks once again.
 

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