Unwanted Menu Items in Start Menu and Explore Popup Menu

[Possum]

Hi

Some of the programs I have installed like Winamp have added menu Items
to the Start Menu (right click) and the Popup Menu (right click) in
Explore. How can I get rid of them

I know about MMM http://hace-software.com/mmm.shtml

I just want to get rid of them without installing another Application.

cheers Peter Skiner

 

[Malke]

Re: Unwanted Menu Items in Start Menu and Explore Popup Menu

Possum wrote:

> Hi
>
> Some of the programs I have installed like Winamp have added menu Items
> to the Start Menu (right click) and the Popup Menu (right click) in
> Explore. How can I get rid of them
>
> I know about MMM http://hace-software.com/mmm.shtml
>
> I just want to get rid of them without installing another Application.

Even though you will use a third-party program, the absolutely easiest way
to control context menu entries is with the free ShellExView program by
Nirsoft. You don't need to install ShellExView - just run it.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Also see:

Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace objects -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Malke
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MS-MVP
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[Kelly]

Re: Unwanted Menu Items in Start Menu and Explore Popup Menu

It depends on where in the right click menu.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers


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"Possum" <possum@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ehthb0pNJHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Some of the programs I have installed like Winamp have added menu Items to
> the Start Menu (right click) and the Popup Menu (right click) in Explore.
> How can I get rid of them
>
> I know about MMM http://hace-software.com/mmm.shtml
>
> I just want to get rid of them without installing another Application.
>
> cheers Peter Skiner