How can I configure the right-click menu in Windows 7?
The registry entries you should specifically look at are:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell (for specific file types)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers (also for specific file types)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\ShellEx (for all context menus)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell (for folders)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers (also for folders)
Remember to always backup your registry before editing it by going to File > Export... in the regedit.exe application.
Or if you prefer to do it using an application (which apparently you don't but I'll put it in here anyway):
You can use ShellExView and ShellMenuView to see a list of all current (and past, as long as the entries have not been removed) context menu items and disable or enable them from there.
Source: How-To Geek
If you like to play with REGEDIT ;
Run regedit and navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Here you need to simply delete the keys you don't want.For more see this.
But I would prefer small but functional softwares to do this ;
Alternatively you can use an application to edit the items in the context menu.
ContextEdit is a good freeware you may want to use. You can also try ShellMenuView. It is a small utility that displays the list of static menu items that appeared in the context menu when you right-click a file/folder on Windows Explorer, and allows you to easily disable unwanted menu items.
FileMenu Tools lets you add, delete & customize the context menu items of the Windows Explorer.
It lets configure the following aspects:
- Add some build-in utilities in order to do operations over files and folders.
- Add customized commands which let run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.
- Configure the "Sends to..." submenu.
- Enable/disable the commands which are added by other applications to the context menu and much more !