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Right-Click Duplicate Options (Desktop)

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Name: EferveX
Date: March 17, 2002 at 03:01:03 Pacific
Comment:

When I right-click an icon on my desktop, there are duplicates of various oprions. This is how my right-click menu looks like (Windows Media Player Icon):

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Open
Add to archive...
Add to "wmplayer.rar"
Add to zip
Add to wmplayer.zip
Zip and E-Mail wmplayer.zip
Compress and E-Mail "Wmplayer.ace"
Add to "wmplayer.ace"
Add to...
Scan with Norton AntiVirus
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CleanSweep
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Open With...
Open
Add to archive...
Add to "Windows Media Player.rar"
Add to zip
Add to Windows Media Player.zip
Zip and E-Mail Windows Media Player.zip
Compress and E-Mail "Windows Media Player.ace"
Add to "Windows Media Player.ace"
Add to...
Scan with Norton AntiVirus
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Send To
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Cut
Copy
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Create Shortcut
Delete
Rename
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Properties
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How can I get rid of the duplicate options like "Add to archive..." etc? Thank you in advance.



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Response Number 1
Name: Jimi_l
Date: March 17, 2002 at 04:52:25 Pacific
Reply:

Try this page
http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html

WARNING!!!
This involves changing/editing the registry.I reccomend you make a backup of it first just to be on the safe side.
A hosed registry is no fun and can leave your system totally inoperable!!!!!

Jimi_l


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Response Number 2
Name: EferveX
Date: March 17, 2002 at 12:40:00 Pacific
Reply:

Hmm... I can't seem to find the right key to delete... I only have 5 keys:

NortonAntivirus
Open With
WinRAR
WinZip
ZFAdd

It might be some where else... by the way, i use these four tweaking programs, which may be the cause:

TweakUI
TweakAll
Tweaki...For Power Users
Tweaking Toolbox for Windows

Thanks for the reply.


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Response Number 3
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown:)
Date: March 17, 2002 at 14:52:29 Pacific
Reply:


Ii found this today looking to remove dreamweaver from the .css open with menu...i still dont know what im doing....

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

In some of the file ext. folder theres an Open with folder.

As an example...
.css-OpenWithList-
Dreamweaver
Notepad
IEExplorer

If i delete the notepad or IE string the options disappear from the open with menu when right clicking a .css file and stay gone. Dreamweaver on the otherhand recreates itself.

Is this because dreamweaver has set itself as default for editing .css files? My thinking here is that i have to change or delete something else to get it to stay gone.

Any reg wizards have an idea about this?

Gonna check out jimi_l's link. I might get lucky :).
Thanks.



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