How do I clean up the right-click context menu in Windows explorer?
Solution 1:
You have to edit your registry, it's easiest do do this for the context menu of directories:
- Run regedit
- Navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell - Remove the keys that correspond to the unwanted commands
Each filetype (file extension) has its own additional commands which you can find under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\.EXT
If you want to remove a specific menu entry, it might be easier to just search for the context menu string in the registry.
Solution 2:
You can use ShellExView to disable context menu addons.