Unwanted right click menu item in Windows Browser

T

tom

I'm looking for a way to remove an unwanted menu item from
the right-click menu on the Windows Explorer page. The
menu item is a link to a website and despite deleting the
cookie that came with it I have no idea where it came from
or what to do to get rid of it. Any help would be
appreciated.
 
F

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP

tom said:
I'm looking for a way to remove an unwanted menu item from
the right-click menu on the Windows Explorer page. The
menu item is a link to a website and despite deleting the
cookie that came with it I have no idea where it came from
or what to do to get rid of it. Any help would be
appreciated.

Go to Start | Run and type

regedit

Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt

and click on the plus (+) sign in front of MenuExt. Right click the subkey
representing what you want to get rid of and select Delete.
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

Hi Tom,

You can remove a right-click context menu option in Internet Explorer using
these steps:

Removal Tool:
~~~~~~~~~~
ToolbarCop:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/ToolbarCop.exe

Manual Procedure:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Click [Start] [Run] type [REGEDIT]
2. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\MenuExt.
Each subkey of this key represents one menu item. Many will include an
ampersand (&) to define the underlined key associated with the command.

Highlight the key you want to delete (for example,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Zoom &In).
Choose Export from the Registry menu and export that branch to a file.

Now delete the key.

==
Additionally: Run Ad-Aware to eliminate the spyware products from the
system, which is creating the problem. Download Ad-Aware from
www.lavasoftusa.com. Dont forget to "update" it.
==

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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I'm looking for a way to remove an unwanted menu item from
the right-click menu on the Windows Explorer page. The
menu item is a link to a website and despite deleting the
cookie that came with it I have no idea where it came from
or what to do to get rid of it. Any help would be
appreciated.
 

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