Remove a few context menu items

[timbo343]

This may help someone out but i have found in windows 7 that if you leave the context menu on, you still have the option to share folders within libraries (well, you get all the way through until you are asked to input an administrator username and password) and Include in library, also, if you have MS Groove installed (Shared Folder Synchronization) this shows up too. I have found thre Reg keys which need to be deleted to remove these options in the context menu:

 

Remove "Share with" from Context Menu

Delete the following Reg entries (can be done via Group Policy):

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing

 

Remove "Include In Library" from Context Menu

Delete the following reg entry (can be done via Group Policy):

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\LibraryLocation

 

Remove "Shared Folder Synchronization" from Context Menu

This needs to be a .reg file which you run to delete the entry, it will not work via the Registry part in Group Policy

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D}]

 

Remove Briefcase from the New menu in the context menu

Delete the "ShellNew" folder from the following location:

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Briefcase

 

Hope this helps someone.

Edited March 5, 2011 by timbo343