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Context menu cleanup time!
I really like Windows 7... but I like my Windows experience to be "minimal". I don't like stuff like "libraries" popping up when I already have my libraries... they are folders!
I also hate all the "convenient" shortcuts in context menus. There are sometimes so many that it is a dozen items.
So I've attempted to remove these visual distractions through various registry keys... the ones I've found so far are below.
But I need help finding just two more!
I haven't found the keys for "Turn on Bitlocker..." and the "Share with" context menus. I've looked everywhere and cannot find them. I cannot believe these are in my face... when they are in "properties" dialog boxes instead. Does the Microsoft usability team really think
saving ONE mouse click is worth a context menu item? Why not toss context menus for every control panel in there too. Sheesh.
Anyway, if someone knows about those two keys.. please post! In the meantime below is my "cleanup" reg file.
To make this work just paste these lines into a .REG file and run it. Do this at your own risk!
Code:; Delete icons from the explorer left pane: ; HOMEGROUP ICON: Default item should be "Other users". Delete the folder from the registry. [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428d-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}] ; LIBRARIES ICON: This is the registry entry This is the Libraries icon. Default item should be "Libraries". Delete the folder from the registry. [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}] ; NETWORK ICON [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}] ; Recycle bin [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}] ; Context menu: "send to" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SendTo] ; Context menu: Restore Previous Versions [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{596AB062-B4D2-4215-9F74-E9109B0A8153}]
Other keys I tweaked:
Enjoy!Code:; Reduce menu popup pause [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="50" ;Disable the User Account Control (UAC) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "EnableLUA"=dword:00000000 ; NTFS, Disable 8.3 names and Last Access (speeds up disk access) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001 "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001 ; Disable Low disk space checks [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001 ;Turn Off Remote Assistance [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Remote Assistance] "fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000 ; Disable various network snooping activities ; Stop sending packets to teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\TCPIP6\Parameters] "DisabledComponents"=dword:00000008 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\HME] "DisableDiscovery"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet] "EnableActiveProbing"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000FF "NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001
Last edited by Brink; 13 Oct 2009 at 23:55. Reason: added code box