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

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How would one permanently disable Shift+Right-Click "Open PowerShell window here" context menu without simultaneously disabling the PowerShell and Elevated PowerShell Options in the File Explorer File Menu Bar?

More info: For Registry Keys [HKLM\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\PowerShell], [HKLM\Software\Classes\DirectoryBackground\shell\PowerShell], and [HKLM\Software\Classes\Drive\shell\PowerShell] keys, the default Shift+Right-Click "Open with PowerShell window here" context menu can be disabled by adding "LegacyDisable" or "ProgrammaticAccessOnly" strings. Doing so, however, also disables (greys out) the PowerShell and Admin PowerShell Options in Explorer File Menu bar.

What would be the correct string or dword or any registry modification to disable the shift+right-click menu without disabling the Explorer File Menu bar options?

Would the keys above be the correct ones to modify? Perhaps a CLSID key or a key from the window command store?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell]?

@KeithM, any ideas here?

Thanks!

Hi, not sure that's a default option...

The registry information in this tutorial (from the huge searchable Tutorials section - do have a look) hopefully contains enough to let you do that:
Open PowerShell window here context menu - Add in Windows 10

I only want to disable the context menu entry to reduce clutter.

Note there's also a SHIFT option given there (i.e. only shown on SHIFT rt click) - which I note is what I happen to have for folders.

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

Add Open PowerShell window here as administrator in Windows 10

- does any of that help?

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...

Here's what I have in terms of subkeys.

So I have default entries and I've added:

I still have:

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

Does anyone else have it as default?

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