Remove right click "commands"

G25r8cer

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I have a couple of right click commands that I want to get rid of but I still want the apps. Can I remove them somehow? I have looked through the apps for the options but cant find any options for it. I did find options for winrar and thats about it. The ones I want to remove are "Browse with corel paint shop pro photo x2", "shop for music online (wmp)", "Groove folder synchronization", and "magic iso". Thanks so much!!
 
If you are unable to change these options in the program itself, you can usually find these settings in the registry:

** Be very careful and know what you are deleting before you delete it. If there is any doubt, export the registry key before you delete! **

1) Start -> Run
2) Type regedit and press ENTER
3) You'll be looking under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT...
3a) If the command are looking for appears when you right-click a folder you'll want to look under the Folder and Directory subkeys.
3b) If it appears on a Drive look under the Drive subkey.
3c) If it appears on certain file types, look for that file type (ie: .exe files would be exefile; .rar files would be rarfile

It may appear on multiple different types of files, and you'll have to hunt down each one.

For all of these you're interested in the shell subkey, and under that look at what commands are there and look for the one you are trying to remove. When you find it, just delete the subkey.

For an example, lets say we want to remove the Open command when we right-click on a folder. We would go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell and I would delete the entire Open subkey. Because it is a folder, I would also check in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell in case it is there also (but it is not).

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And to delete the open command on .exe files (DON'T DO THIS) look in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell where you will find the open subkey

If you can't find the right subkeys in these locations, you can also look in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/shellex/ContextMenuHandlers
Again, be careful and export the key if you are in doubt.

NOTE: I think I remember MagicISO being a pain in the butt to find and get rid of, but I could be wrong, it's been awhile since I've been on Windows

PS - I hope all this makes sense.
 
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I couldnt find anywhere in the registry or the program for the "shop for music online" though. Any help with that?
 
Not sure offhand, something to do with Windows Media Player, try searching the Registry for that string...

Open regedit
1) Click on the top level My Computer
2) Edit -> Find...
3) Type shop online for music, and check Match whole string only
 
Seems that the "shop for music online" was attached to another registry b/c when I deleted a couple more with that program the "shop for music online" all the sudden disapeared. Thanks for all the help guys. I now know a little bit more about regedit than what I did before!
 
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