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Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers. The context menu when you right-click a file/folder on Windows Explorer, and allows you. Under normal circumstances, Windows 7 easily outperforms Vista and XP. Nevertheless, your computer can still seem too slow from time to time. Most likely it’s an application or a process that’s slowing you down. Windows 7 makes it really easy to find bottlenecks with the help of Resource Monitor. Mar 13, 2017 Windows 7 Forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for Microsoft Windows 7 Computers such as Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a custom build. Is there a way to determine why my context menu (right click on filename) is often slow to appear? Mouse right click delay windows 7. GROUP SPONSORED BY LAPLINK SOFTWARE, INC. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. A user in my domain have a issue when he right click on the desktop, it takes 3-4 sec before the menu comes up. Mar 13, 2017 you can speedup your windows setting for menushowdelay, here. Menu Show Delay Time. You can disable any entries you don't want on your right-click menu by using shellexview, just right click then select disable to the items you do not want after opening the program.
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Description
Shell Extensions are in-process COM objects which extend the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the operating system, but there arealso many other applications that install additional shell extension components. For example: If you install WinZip on your computer, you'll see a special WinZip menuwhen you right-click on a Zip file. This menu is created by adding a shell extension to the system.The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer,and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
ShellExView can be used for solving context-menu problems in Explorer environment.For more information, read the following article:Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
System Requirements
This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 98 and up to Windows 10.x64 versions of Windows are also supported.Versions History
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10/06/2019 | 2.01 |
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07/03/2019 | 2.00 |
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30/08/2015 | 1.97 |
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07/08/2015 | 1.96 |
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02/07/2015 | 1.95 |
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26/05/2014 | 1.90 |
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05/09/2013 | 1.86 |
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19/08/2013 | 1.85 |
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13/06/2013 | 1.81 |
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31/05/2013 | 1.80 |
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25/09/2012 | 1.76 |
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09/09/2012 | 1.75 |
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19/03/2012 | 1.70 |
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24/10/2011 | 1.68 |
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03/10/2011 | 1.67 |
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18/05/2011 | 1.66 |
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10/03/2011 | 1.65 |
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26/02/2011 | 1.60 |
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14/02/2011 | 1.55 |
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21/11/2010 | 1.50 |
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20/09/2010 | 1.48 |
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18/05/2010 | 1.47 |
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03/05/2010 | 1.46 |
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07/11/2009 | 1.45 |
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29/08/2009 | 1.41 |
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22/08/2009 | 1.40 |
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05/04/2009 | 1.37 |
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07/01/2009 | 1.36 |
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24/11/2008 | 1.35 |
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10/11/2008 | 1.30 |
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24/10/2008 | 1.25 |
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02/10/2008 | 1.24 |
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08/07/2008 | 1.23 |
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14/05/2008 | 1.22 |
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03/05/2008 | 1.21 |
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24/04/2008 | 1.20 |
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22/11/2007 | 1.19 |
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21/09/2007 | 1.18 |
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04/08/2007 | 1.17 |
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16/02/2007 | 1.16 |
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12/08/2006 | 1.15 |
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30/12/2005 | 1.14 |
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15/07/2005 | 1.13 |
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21/06/2005 | 1.12 |
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27/02/2005 | 1.11 |
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25/11/2004 | 1.10 |
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23/08/2003 | 1.01 | Critical bug from previous version (1.00) was fixed: In some circumstances, after disabling a shell extension and then enabling it again,the shell extension continued to be disabled, even if ShellExView show that it's enabled. |
05/06/2003 | 1.00 | First Release. |
License
This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files inthe distribution package, without any modification !Right Click Windows On Mac
Disclaimer
The software is provided 'AS IS' without any warranty, either expressed or implied,including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitnessfor a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental,consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.Using ShellExView
The ShellExView is a standalone executable. It doesn't require any installation processor additional DLLs. Just copy it to any folder you want, and run it.After you run it, wait a few seconds until ShellExView loads all shell extensions items.The main window of ShellExView displays the details of all shell extensions in 12 different columns:
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Extension Name | The name of the shell extension, as it appears in the Registry. |
Disabled | Tells you whether the shell extension is disabled. |
Type | The type of the shell extension. There are more than 10 different types of shell extensions.For more information about the types of shell extensions, see the table below. |
Description | Description of the shell extension item. This information is extracted from the DLL file that contains this shell extension. |
Version | Version of the shell extension item. This information is extracted from the DLL file that contains this shell extension. |
Product Name | The name of the product that created this shell extension. This information is extracted from the DLL file that contains this shell extension. |
Company | The name of the company that created this shell extension. |
My Computer | Tells you whether the 'My Computer' folder contains this shell extension.This column is only relevant to 'Shell Folder' extensions. |
Desktop | Tells you whether the 'Desktop' folder contains this shell extension.This column is only relevant to 'Shell Folder' extensions. |
Control Panel | Tells you whether the 'Control Panel' folder contains this shell extension.This column is only relevant to 'Shell Folder' extensions under Windows 2000/XP. |
Filename | The filename that contains this shell extension. |
CLSID | The CLSID of this shell extension. |
File Created Time | The creation time of the extension dll.You can use this field in order to find out when the extension was installed on your system. |
CLSID Modified Time | The Modified Time of CLSID in the Registry. Only available under Windows NT/2000/XP. |
Microsoft | Specifies whether the extension was created by Microsoft ('Yes' value) or by othercompany ('No' value). |
File Extensions | Specifies a list of file extensions (like .txt, .html) that use this shell extension. |
File Attributes | Specifies the attributes of the shell extension file. (H for hidden, R for read-only, and so on) |
File Size | Specifies the size (in bytes) of the shell extension file. |
Description | |
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Shell Folder | Provides special system folders like 'Printers', 'Fonts', 'Recycle Bin', and more.. |
Context Menu | Provides the ability to add new items to the context menu of particular file type. |
Drag & Drop Handler | Provides the ability to add new items to the context menu that appears when you drag a file with right mouse button. |
Icon Handler | Provides the ability to dynamically assign icons to file objects. |
Copy Hook Handler | This type of shell extension is called when a file is moved, copies, renamed or deleted. |
Drop Handler | Provides the ability to control the 'Drop' behavior of files. |
Data Handler | Provides the ability to copy files/objects to the clipboard. |
Property Sheet | Property Sheet dialog boxes. |
Search Handler | Provides the ability to create a system search engine (Like the standard 'Search For Files or Folders' module) |
Column Handler | Provides the ability to add new columns to the details view of Explorer window. |
Thumbnail | Provides the ability to display images in 'Thumbnail' view. |
Browser Helper Object | Provides the ability to customize and control the Internet Explorer browser. |
IE Toolbar | Provides the ability to add new toolbars into Internet Explorer (like Yahoo! Toolbar) |
Explorer Bar | Provides the ability to add Explorer bars to Internet Explorer. |
URL Search Hook | Browser extension stored under SoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerURLSearchHooks. |
System | All other types of shell extensions that ShellExView utility cannot recognize arecategorized as 'System' type. |
Disable/Enable Shell Extensions
The ShellExView utility allows you to disable and enable the shell extensions components on your system.In order to disable or enable a shell extension item, select the desired item, and from the File menu (or from the pop-up menu) select the appropriate option - 'Enable Selected Items' or 'Disable Selected Items'.Here's 2 examples of useful things that you can do with this feature:
- Context Menu: Some applications, like WinZip, CuteFTP, and others, add someitems to the context menu when you right-click on a file in explorer window.If you disable the appropriate shell extension, you won't get these additional menu items.
In order to locate the desired shell extension item:- Sort the extensions list by the 'Type' column and look at all 'Context Menu' items.
- Search the application that creates the menu you want to disable. The icon near each item can help to locate the desired shell extension.
- Shell Folder: When you enter into some special folders like 'History' and'Temporary Internet Files', you don't see the real file system, but the a virtual folder that the shell extension create for you.If you want to watch the real file system inside 'History' or 'Temporary Internet Files',you can disable the appropriate shell extension items.
Sending report to shellfix.nirsoft.net
If you solved a problem by disabling a shell extension in your Explorer, and you want to share it with others, you can use the 'Send Report To ShellFix'option to publish the information in http://shellfix.nirsoft.net.You can find full instructions about how to send a report in the main page of http://shellfix.nirsoft.net Web site.Add/Remove special folders to 'My Computer' and 'Desktop' folders
Some special shell folders like 'Printers', 'Recycle Bin', 'Scheduled Tasks', 'Network and Dial-up Connections', 'Mobile Device', and otherscan be added (and be removed) to 'My Computer', 'Desktop', and even to 'Control Panel' (Only in Windows 2000) by using the ShellExView utility.For Example: Under Windows 2000, you can add the 'Printers', 'Recycle Bin',and 'Scheduled Tasks' folders to 'My Computer'. In order to do that, select the item that you want to add or remove (You can only use 'Shell Folder' items)and from the File menu, select the appropriate add/remove option.
Be aware that there are some shell folders that cannot be added to 'My Computer' or 'Desktop' folders. For example: adding the 'Administrative Tools' folder to 'My Computer' won't work properly as you might expect.
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Mark Suspicious Shell Extensions
Most shell extensions use standard file extensions (.dll, .ocx or .cpl) as well as they usually don't turn on their system attribues (read-only/hidden/system).If ShellExView detect shell extension with unusual file extension or with unusual attribute (e.g: shell extension dll that is marked as hidden in the file system), it'll be marked in red color. It's recommended to deeply check these unusual shell extensions to insure that they are not unwanted malicious programs that penetrated into your system.Command-line options
/stab <Filename> | Save the list of shell extensions into a tab-delimited text file. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/stabular <Filename> | Save the list of shell extensions into a tabular text file. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/sverhtml <Filename> | Save the list of shell extensions into vertical HTML file. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/NoLoadSettings | Run ShellExView without loading your last settings. (window position, columns size, etc. ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/external <Windows Directory> <User Profile Folder (Optional)> | Run ShellExView on external instance of Windows operating system.This option can be useful when you have Windows operating system that cannot boot properly.The <User Profile Folder> parameter is optional. If you don't specify it, ShellExView won't load extensions lists that are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Example: shexview.exe /external 'k:windows' 'k:Documents and SettingsAdministrator' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/disable <CLSID> | Disables the specified shell extension.You should specify the exact CLSID value that you see in the CLSID column, for example: shexview.exe /disable {120B94B5-2E6A-4F13-94D0-414BCB64FA0F} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ShellExView is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of ShellExView, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'shexview_lng.ini', and put it in the same folder that you Installed ShellExView utility.
Language | Translated By | Date | Version |
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Arabic | abdul ibrahim | 10/01/2014 | 1.23 |
Belarussian | Agnessa Petrova | 26/02/2018 | 1.95 |
Brazilian Portuguese | Paulo Guzmán | 02/10/2018 | 1.97 |
Catalan | Ed | 06/05/2009 | |
Czech | Jaroslav Kratochvíl | 20/06/2005 | |
Danish | Jan Christensen | 10/01/2009 | 1.36 |
Danish | Christian Læssøe | 29/10/2009 | 1.41 |
Dutch | Jan Verheijen | 10/06/2019 | 2.01 |
Finnish | Skylab | 26/03/2012 | 1.70 |
French | Skorpix38 (mar2019) | 03/03/2019 | 2.00 |
French | Pierre le Lidgeu | 13/06/2014 | 1.90 |
Galician | Xosé Antón Vicente Rodríguez | 04/12/2004 | |
German | «Latino» auf WinTotal.de | 10/06/2019 | 2.01 |
Greek | A. Tsatsos - G. Georgiou | 06/12/2010 | 1.50 |
Hebrew | 15/09/2006 | ||
Hungarian | Tamás Ferenc | 04/10/2015 | 1.97 |
Indonesian | farisfath25 loves physicsgirl | 05/12/2014 | 1.00 |
Italian | 21/03/2012 | 1.70 | |
Italian | Styb | 27/12/2019 | 2.01 |
Japanese | maboroshin | 02/11/2019 | 1.23 |
Korean | KIM JaeGeun | 29/10/2005 | |
Norwegian | Helge Rødne Skjeveland | 03/12/2005 | |
Persian | Amirreza Nasiri | 11/01/2015 | 1.90 |
Polish | Hightower | 04/07/2015 | 1.95 |
Portuguese | Mauro Gil | 20/08/2008 | |
Romanian | Jaff (Oprea Nicolae) | 10/05/2017 | 1.97 |
Russian | Dmitry Yerokhin | 08/07/2015 | 1.95 |
Simplified Chinese | th_sjy | 21/08/2015 | 1.23 |
Simplified Chinese | Sam-Trip | 31/03/2019 | 2.0 |
Simplified Chinese | Suyoung | 04/01/2011 | 1.50 |
Slovak | František Fico | 11/06/2019 | 2.01 |
Slovenian | Tadej Peršiè | 14/02/2008 | |
Spanish | Angel De Giorgi - Argentina | 27/04/2014 | 1.86 |
Swedish | Xina + Leif Larsson | 25/03/2009 | |
Traditional Chinese | 丹楓 | 10/08/2015 | 1.96 |
Thai | ประสิทธิ์ แคภูเขียว | 25/03/2008 | |
Turkish | Cemil Kaynar | 26/04/2017 | 1.97 |
Valencian | vjatv | 04/10/2007 |
If you don’t know what it is, the right click context menu in Windows is simply the menu that pops up whenever you right click your mouse or touch pad button. This menu contains a number of important and convenient Windows functions such as deleting or renaming a folder / file, creating shortcuts, creating a new empty file, running a program as administrator and much more. This menu is also used by software applications to allow quick access to options such as (un)archiving files, running virus scans, editing files etc. Upgrade tanaka t21 new samurai.
Although it can be a great source for performing actions quickly, the context menu can also become a source of frustration because sometimes programs will install themselves onto the menu when you don’t really want them there. It’s not uncommon either for some software to leave behind a context menu entry after it’s been uninstalled. If left unattended, the menu can become quite long and look rather messy with many useless entries doing nothing but taking up space.
Some applications will help you out a bit by offering to cascade multiple entries into a sub menu which can help, but some software simply doesn’t give you an option to not have an item in the context menu. The good news is you can remove the items that you don’t want or use from the right click context menu by using a third party tool to remove or temporarily disable them from appearing.
Here’s a selection of 7 free tools to help you clean up you context menus and bring a bit of order to your right clicks.1. ShellMenuView
ShellMenuView is another one of Nir Sofer’s useful little tools, and this one is able to display the static context menu entries that are assigned to a specific file type or extension. For example, standard Image and Office DOC / XLS types are found here where you can right click on them and select Edit, or perhaps you have Imgburn and the “Burn with Imgburn” entries from your context menu can be found here also.
You’re not able to completely delete any of the entries, but they can be disabled by using F7 / F8 hotkeys, the context menu or the red and green toolbar icons. There’s a useful function called Extended Mode where you can hide the entry from the standard right click, but allow it to be shown if you press Shift while right clicking. Office uses this to show the Open as Read Only options when you Shift+right click on one of its files.
If you press F9 while highlighting a file you will be taken to Nirsoft’s file extension information website where you will get a list of files that can use the extension and some information about it. ShellMenuView is portable and works on Windows 2000 or above.
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2. ShellExView
ShellExView is also by Nirsoft but differs from ShellMenuView because this tool displays the shell extensions that provide dynamic context menu options a lot of software installs use. These often come in the form of context entries with their own sub menus, custom icons and the options change according to what you have right clicked on. For example security software, multimedia software or file archiver’s might change what gets displayed in the context menu depending on what you’re clicking on.
Shell extensions that are shown in ShellExView are mostly those which depend on a DLL file to show their menu options and are sometimes a cause for lags or delays when right clicking on a file and the context menu itself takes a while to appear, or in the worst case crashes Explorer. If you want to know more a bout possible problems this can cause and how to fix it, read the article Fix for Very Slow or Hang When Right Click On a File or Folder.
The program also lists other shell extension objects, not just those in the right click menu, so when you run ShellExView it’s best to go to Options -> Filter By Extension Type and select only Context Menu from the list to avoid confusion. Menu shell extensions cannot be deleted but can be enabled or disabled which is enough to find an offending entry causing issues or those you have no use for. ShellExView is portable and works on Windows 98 to 7 32-bit and 64-bit.
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3. CCleaner
The popular junk and privacy cleaning tool CCleaner keeps getting useful functions added to it, and one of them is a Context Menu viewer and and remover. The entries viewable are a bit like those found in ShellExview which is the shell extensions that have an associated DLL running them.
To get to the Context Menu viewer click on Tools down the left -> Startup -> Context Menu tab. From there you can see whether the entry is connected to a directory, file or drive and if it has already been disabled. The location on the hard drive of the DLL is shown and all you have to do is click Delete or Disable / Enable the entry you want to change. CCleaner is either portable or a setup installer and works with Windows XP and above.
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4. MenuMaid
MenuMaid is a very easy to use and simple context shell extension enabler and disabler. The program also displays context menu entries that are present in Internet Explorer, so you can disable any of them too if they’re not required or leftover from old software. A slight drawback is MenuMaid isn’t portable by default but can be made so by using an archiver like 7-Zip to extract the installer.
To disable a context menu entry just untick it, the effect is instant and there is no apply button. Obviously put a tick back to enable it again. There is very little in terms of details or options, but this is what makes the program so simple to use. Works in Windows XP, Vista and 7.
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5. FileMenu Tools
Although FileMenu Tools has a number of comprehensive options for creating your own or using the built in context entries in your menus, it also includes some options to disable or delete “Send To” right click sub menu items and “Commands of other applications”, which in essence is the context shell extensions.
To find the shell extension you want to disable click on the Commands of other applications tab on the right (it’s greyed out and can easily be missed). Then simply expand the relevant tree and untick the required extension. The option is available to disable a whole section if you’re having issues with right clicking on a drive or folder for example. If you have made any changes, a green icon will appear on the toolbar to apply them and a red icon to cancel anything you have edited. FileMenu Tools works on Windows XP and above, portable and installer versions are available.
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6. Glary Utilities
Glary Utilities is another well known and respected cleaning and optimizing tool that also has a function to disable or remove context menu shell extensions. In addition to application menu entry editing, Glary has a couple of other tabs that can disable or remove entries in the “New” right click sub menu, and also the “Send To” sub menu.
To get to the context feature in Glary Utilities click on Modules -> Optimize and Improve -> Context Menu Manager. The entry is displayed along with what it affects (all files, folders etc), and information about it is displayed below. Unticking will immediately disable the entry in your context menu or click Remove if you’re sure you don’t want it any more. The procedure is similar for the New and Send To tabs. Portable and installer versions are available, and Glary Utilities works on Windows XP and above.
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7. Fast Explorer
This context menu management tool is able to add context items, but the removal options are more useful. An advantage of using Fast Explorer is it displays a static item cleanup function as well as a shell extensions cleanup option. Although not as informative and with not so many functions, these 2 options basically cover what both ShellMenuView and ShellExView do individually.
In the static items cleanup option simply select the file type / extension on the left and its associated menu functions will appear on the right. You can then untick to disable the entry, click Delete to remove it or Clear will remove all menu items at once. For Shell Extension Cleanup select what you want on the left and the right pane will show the extension details with a Delete button to remove it totally or an Active tick box to only disable the extension. Once you have finished all your editing, click Apply to commit the changes. The Fast Explorer website is no longer there but the portable version can be downloaded from Softpedia. Works on Windows XP and above.
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Thanks for the helpful tip on using CCleaner. I’ve used it for many years but didn’t know it had that option. I’ve been removing context menu items by editing the registry; so this is much easier.
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