Re: remove unwanted context menu items?

From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:05:31 +0530

Mike,

Open Add/Remove Programs and uninstall "Yahoo Internet Mail". Not that this removes the context menu and also uninstall the Yahoo mail MAPI plugin. To remove the context menu entry alone, try this:

Open Registry Editor and naivgate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Yahoo! Mail

Backup the above key by exporting it. Then, delete the key from the registry. 

-- 
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table: 
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp
"Mike W." <dropster69NO@SPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message news:OHUiEgpdEHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Hey y'all,
How can I remove an unwanted context (right-click) menu item, in this case
one installed by Yahoo e.g. E-mail with Yahoo?
TIA,
Mike W.
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