Removing unwanted apps from Context menu New section

ineuw · 13 Jul 2020

How is it possible to delete non-system items from the context menu? As an example, I am referring to the collection of shortcuts of Libre Office and some other apps.

thomaseg1 · 13 Jul 2020

Glary utilties can do it.

Glary Utilities | Glarysoft

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ineuw · 13 Jul 2020

@thomaseg1, thanks, I am about to give it a try.

KeithM · 14 Jul 2020

Here's a bit of PowerShell to list the Registry keys that have ShellNew sub-keys, which are the source for the context menu entries.

Code:

gci HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes -Recurse -Depth 2 |
   ? PSChildName -eq 'ShellNew' |
   select { $_.PSParentPath.Split('::')[-1] }

Code:

PS C:\> gci HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes -Recurse -Depth 2 |
   ? PSChildName -eq 'ShellNew' |
   select { $_.PSParentPath.Split('::')[-1] }

 $_.PSParentPath.Split('::')[-1]
---------------------------------
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.api\AcroExch.Plugin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.bmp
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.contact
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.fdf\AcroExch.FDFDoc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.library-ms
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.lnk
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.odg\LibreOffice.DrawDocument.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.odp\LibreOffice.ImpressDocument.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ods\LibreOffice.CalcDocument.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.odt\LibreOffice.WriterDocument.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pdx\PDXFileType
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rtf
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.secstore\AcroExch.SecStore
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xdp\AcroExch.XDPDoc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xfdf\AcroExch.XFDFDoc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.zip\CompressedFolder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{a5a3563a-5755-4a6f-854e-afa3230b199f}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder


PS C:\>

dalchina · 14 Jul 2020

The venerable New Menu Editor lets you remove and add items:

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while Nirsoft's Shellmenunew gives you more options and complete access:

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ossie · 14 Jul 2020

Windows Manager does it.
Fix Optimizer Windows 10 | Customization Desktop Cleanup Windows 10 - YamicSoft

ineuw · 14 Jul 2020

Much thanks to everyone. Edited with ShellMenuNew and Glary Utilties. BTW, the 'New Menu Editor' download was blocked by windows.

dalchina · 14 Jul 2020

It's old- don't expect it to conform to modern standards. I had a download from long ago on file- I'm surprised you managed to find one - I seem to recall I couldn't readily find one. But you have other ways of doing the same thing. It just looks quite neat..

zip atttached

ineuw · 14 Jul 2020

@dalchina, thanks for your multiple good advice and help.