How to Disable Default "Open with PowerShell" Right-Click Menu Entry

For reference, the attached image has the default Powershell context menu from an original windows installation. I just modified added Icon and MUIVerb strings to the existing registry key to make the menu prettier.

Callender said:

I don't think that it's default either. Have you got a subkey key "powershellmenu" here?

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

If so review this article:

How to Add or Remove "Open PowerShell Here" to context menu - Developing Daily

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Somewhat....I would like to keep the PowerShell menu from the File, top left of explorer, and not be greyed out, but permanently hide the context menu below with the appropriate keyword....and it isn't LegacyDisable or ProgrammaticAccessOnly. Not even accessible through Shift+Right-Click...to keep the menu from being cluttered.

I have never seen anyone modify the ribbon or menu bar in Explorer in Win10 so I think removing the registry key would be easier.

I would like to keep powershell though. I uninstalled v2, but kept the v5.1.

dalchina said:

Ah- you mean you're only concerned about the options from File, top left of file explorer...

I don't think that can be removed... and it's greyed out unless something to which it can apply is selected in file explorer.

That said- if you were to remove Powershell...

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I have those same registry keys as well. The Powershell key is default, the Admin was added by me.

Callender said:

Here's what I have in terms of subkeys.

Attachment 394617

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Open in Windows PowerShell Window here is the default right-click menu entry. Please see 2 or 3 posts above.

Callender said:

So I have default entries and I've added:

Attachment 394618

I still have:

Attachment 394619

I'm pretty sure that "Open Windows Powershell" isn't a default context menu entry.

Does anyone else have it as default?

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Open in Windows PowerShell Window here is the default right-click menu entry. Please see 2 or 3 posts above.

Callender said:

So I have default entries and I've added:

Attachment 394618

I still have:

Attachment 394619

I'm pretty sure that "Open Windows Powershell" isn't a default context menu entry.

Does anyone else have it as default?

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Done and done! Change implemented.

Callender said:

You might want to change the thread title from:

How to Disable Default "Open with PowerShell" Right-Click Menu Entry

to:

How to Disable Default "Open Windows PowerShell" Right-Click Menu Entry

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I uninstalled PowerShell v2 and would like to keep PowerShell v5.1.

dalchina said:

It's described here (arbitrary find) in a manner indicating it's a standard feature
How to Open PowerShell in a Folder in Windows Explorer

- if Powershell exists on the system of course.

Don't need Powershell at all?

I edited the original post to focus on the default windows context menu entry and clarified my questions and also asked if there are other locations in the registry to be edited.

Who are the registry gurus on tenforums that I should tag?

Callender said:

Okay I understand now that you modified the default entry. I don't know how to fix it though.

Good morning @Brink . Who are the registry gurus (in addition to yourself) on the forums that might be able to help?

Thanks!

I couldn't find Windows Powershell in the registry either but I am referring to Powershell v5.1, the older version installed with Windows. I don't really use Powershell v7, and removed the really old powershell v2 from install optional components from the programs and features applet in control panel.

I would like to keep powershell 5 as I use it sparingly but just want to remove the unnecessary context menus while retaining the functionality in Explorer File Menu Bar.

Disabling the right-click context menu does grey out the explorer menu command so I wonder if looking in the windows command registry keys would unlink the two? I am not a programmer and don't really understand many of the cryptic registry keys and strings and dwords though.

dalchina said:

Note: given the text is "Windows Powershell" - there are no registry finds for that.