Windows 10/11 context menu

Add items to the context menu

Restore "New > Text Document" in Windows Explorer context menu

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/24412-add-remove-default-new-context-menu-items-windows-10-a.html#option1

Restore_New_Text_Document_context_menu_item.reg

Remove items from the context menu

Keep your context menu sleek!

Remove 'CRC SHA' from FILE context menu

1. Open 7-Zip File Manager.
2. On the 7-Zip window, switch to the Tools menu and then select the Options... button.
3. On the Options page, switch to the 7-Zip tab and then uncheck the CRC SHA option in the Context menu items section.

Remove 'Share with/Give access to', 'Share', 'Restore previous versions' and 'Include in library' from FILE context menu

1. Open Winaero Tweaker.
2. Scroll down to the Context Menu section and then select Remove Default Entries.
3. Check the Cast to Device, Share with/Give Access To, Share (Modern Sharing), Restore Previous Versions, Include in library, Open in Windows Terminal, Add to Favorites, Edit in Notepad and Edit in Clipchamp checkboxes.

Remove 'Run as administrator' from the known file types context menu

In the Registry Editor, delete the Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\RunAs key

See attachment: DelRunAsAdmin.reg

Remove 'Restore from snapshot' from the FILE and FOLDER context menus

By default, Rollback RX Home adds 'Restore from snapshot' to the context menus of files and folders.

• in the Registry Editor, go to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ShdExt - this probably stands for Shield Extension
• double-click the (Default) string value and prefix its data with some dashes (I used the prefix ----LegacyDisable----)
• then go to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ShdExt
• again, double-click the (Default) string value and prefix its data with some dashes
• you don't have to logoff/logon - the changes take place immediately!

source: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-clean-up-your-messy-windows-context-menu/

Remove duplicate PowerToys context menu items

PowerToys has the following context menu items:

• Resize pictures
• PowerRename
• Unlock with File Locksmith ► this one can simply be disabled in the settings of PowerToys itself

They can occur twice in the context menu (depending on whether your choose a file or a folder, or a folder background). I think it's due to the fact that I'm using !StartAllBack , where I enabled the Classic context menus option in the Explorer category.

You can get rid of the duplicate ones of them by deleting the following registry keys:

PowerRename context menu:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PackagedCom\ClassIndex\{1861E28B-A1F0-4EF4-A1FE-4C8CA88E2174}]

Image Resizer context menu:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PackagedCom\ClassIndex\{8F491918-259F-451A-950F-8C3EBF4864AF}]

Attached you find a backup of these registry keys. You never know you need them. Be aware that they return when you update PowerToys: HCR-PC-CI-PT.ImgResizerCtxMenu_metro.reg & HCR-PC-CI-Ms.PT.PwrRenameCtxMenu_metro.reg.

And also a registry script to delete these entries: DelPowerToysImageResizerAndPowerRename.reg

Maybe a more final solution can be found here: https://winaero.com/how-to-remove-edit-with-clipchamp-from-context-menu-in-file-explorer/.

Hide Open in new tab / window from the FOLDER context menus

Don't remove them, I did this first, but this lead to a non functioning Windows Explorer (!):

• In the registry, go to HKCR\Folder\shell and delete the opennewtab and opennewwindow keys
• The change is immediate (no restart required)

However, after some time, I got the following error when trying to launch a Windows Explorer!!!:

shell:::{52205fd8-447d-801a-d0b52f22e83e1}

So, putting back the backup of these entries solved this!

You can however move them to the Extended context menu (the one that appears when you right-click while holding the Shift key):

• If you want to add the "Open in new window" to the extended context menu (that's the one that appears when right-clicking a file or folder while pressing the Shift key), then you must add an empty String Value to HKCR\Folder\shell\opennewwindow, named 'Extended'. (See opennewprocess entry where this entry is)
• The same goes for "Open in new tab".

Source: https://superuser.com/questions/720519/error-shell52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1-this-file-has-no-program

Remove Edit with Notepad++ from the FILE context menu

This entry seems to be present for any file type (.xlsx, .jpg, …). You can remove it as follows:

• open an elevated command prompt
• type cd "c:\Program Files\Notepad++\contextMenu" and hit Enter
• Type regsvr32 /u NppShell.dll and hit Enter
• Type exit and hit Enter to close command line

source: https://onezeronull.com/2014/09/23/remove-edit-with-notepad-option-from-context-menu/

Don't fear, the file associaton with unknown file types remains (as described in WinFileTypeAssociation).

Modify context menu items

You want to edit .reg, .sql and .vbs files with another app (Notepad++) than the one that opens them:

Look for the (Default) string value of the extension directly under HKCR:

• .reg: (Default) regfile
• .sql: (Default) SQLFile
• .vbs: (Default) VBSFile

Then, go to:

• HKCR\regfile\shell\edit\command: change (Default) to "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"
• HKCR\VBSFile\Shell\Edit\Command: change (Default) to "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"

For .sql / SQLFile, I had to go to HKCR\SQLC.Document (File Explorer shows SQLC Document as file type)

• HKCR\SQLC.Document\shell\edit\command: change (Default) to "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"

And I was also looking for .ps1 files, these are under HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.ps1:

The (Default) has (value not set), so the context menu items are directly here:

• HKCROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.ps1\Shell\Edit\Command: change (Default) to "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"

Add Windows Terminal to the context menu

Obsolete, since I'm now using the Terminal from the Windows Explorer address bar

Windows Terminal, see: WinTerminal

• Context Menu: https://github.com/lextm/windowsterminal-shell
• don't simply download the install.ps1 and uninstall.ps1 files, because it won't work
• download the complete <> Code using the button

Installing is simple: simply execute the install.ps1 script in an elevated prompt.

However, there are three layouts, default (with submenus), flat, and mini. Installation and uninstallation requires flat and mini as parameter:

• .\install.ps1 flat and .\uninstall.ps1 flat
• *.\install.ps1 mini* and .\uninstall.ps1 mini

I've chosen the mini layout.