How to delete unwanted items from the right click menu

hyde · 05-06-2005, 04:32 PM

s there any way how can i delete unwanted items from right click menu.... for example i have installed windows media player as well as winamp. when i right click on a music file it gives me options like

add to winamp's bookmark list
add to sync list
add to brun list... etc

is there a way through which i can remove these unwanted items as i donot use them.

plz help

sahil_blues · 05-06-2005, 05:21 PM

dude i have the same problem....i have been looking for a solution for sometime now....there are 16 Xtra items in my right click menu!!!!.....beat that!!!!

ycr007 · 05-06-2005, 05:53 PM

Wowie......I Too had Been looking for a Solution....Wonder Why It never Occured to me to Post it here

I am Worried with my FireFox Right Click Menu.It Is Sooooooo Big......

Can Anyone Tell me How to Reduce/Trim/Crop It??

sahil_blues · 05-06-2005, 06:24 PM

i remember that there was a post regarding our problem....i think it was swatkat who had posted the solution....it involved some tinkering in the registry...

Kl@w-24 · 05-06-2005, 06:31 PM

To remove Winamp's references in th right-click menu, start Winamp, press Ctrl+P to go to Preferences. Under 'General Preferences', go to 'File Types' and in th right pane, uncheck th option for "Show Winamp in folder context menus..."

anandk · 05-06-2005, 06:37 PM

had posted this question earlier. you'll find your answers here, hopefully !
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/view...233&highlight=

yehmeriidhain · 05-06-2005, 06:41 PM

OKAY! OKAY! i guess a lot of people here need this... so take a ride through registry ... follow the path HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT >> * >> shellex >> contextmenu handlers ....

NOW, in this menu whichever entry U wanna remove just click on it & in the right panel double-click its entry! & delete the long entry over there ( Advice: take a backup of the text U delete from there on a notepad just in case U need them back)

Or If U really dunt want nething abt a particular s/w in ur right-clik menu .... delete their entries so this is it!

Try this .. BUT DUNT MESSUP WITH REGISTRY TOO MUCH!!!

ycr007 · 05-06-2005, 06:49 PM

But How Can it be Done for FireFox Right-Click Menu?

Go to the FireFox Entry in the Registry?

koolbluez · 05-06-2005, 08:04 PM

Better make a backup of the registry first... b4 tring yehmeriidhainn's method

Run: regedit

Highlight "My Computer" in left column..
In Registry tab -> Export Registry file to a safe place.

If any problems arise... just run thr registry file cerated earlier.

A simpler method of yehmeriidhain can be done if u have any of the tweakin utilities.. like X-Setup... TweakUI... They have this option.

hyde · 06-06-2005, 07:54 AM

i tried the solution provided by "yehmeriidhain" but could not find how to delete windows media player's

add to sync list
add to brun list... etc

except leaving add to now playing list

q3_abhi · 06-06-2005, 08:03 AM

It was given in the Digit Q&A Book (Remember? It came free with one of the issues). The book covers almost all the types of questions. Read it,you will get the answer.