Re: Change Context menu entry

From: KiwiBrian (briantoz_at_ihug.co.nz)
Date: 11/25/04


Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:08:46 +1300

Thanks very much Rick.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uUkjs6p0EHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Brian,
>
> Search through these keys of the registry:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
>
> Delete the unwanted string from the appropriate key.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:uazvwxp0EHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I have an entry in my Right Click Context Menu of Windows Explorer that
>>appears to be a link to an incorrect address of an old version of a
>>program that I have updated.
>> How or where can I change the address that it seems to be pointing to?
>> TIA
>> Brian Tozer
>>
>>
>
>



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