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How to remove 'edit' option from context menu?
I find the edit option really annoying and useless. Is there any way to remove it?
Running Windows 10 Pro
I find the edit option really annoying and useless. Is there any way to remove it?
Running Windows 10 Pro
How do you remove it?
If it's been added by a 3rd party program, you can disable it quite easily, safely and reversibly with Shellexview (free) - just search for it.
More:
How to Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context Menu
Thank you for your reply.
I note I don't have one on this PC for txt documents, but I have assigned txt to another program.
Built in context menu options can't be removed, so I suppose that's actually interesting.
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\edit
Text files only.
Export a backup first!
Last edited by Edwin; 25 Jan 2020 at 07:03.
As a safety net, if you get things messed up by changing too many or the wrong ones, here is the tutorial on how to put them all back to default.
Restore Default File Type Associations in Windows 10