How to display the context menu. Editing the context menu

You will need a small Right Click Enhancer utility. It offers an impressive list of commands that can be added to context menu any version of Windows since Vista.

After launching the Right Click Enhancer (if you are confused by the English interface, click Language → Russian to switch to Russian), you will see a set of tools, each of which makes its own changes to the context menu. Let's consider the most interesting of them.

Right Click Tweaker

With the help of the Right Click Tweaker tool, you can add almost two dozen useful commands to the context menu. Here are some of the most notable.

• "Copy to" opens a window for selecting a folder to which the current object can be copied.
• "Move to" acts like the previous command, only it does not copy, but moves the object.
• "Copy to Path" saves the path to the current object to the clipboard. This option can save you time if, for example, you need to upload an image to a website or graphics editor. You just paste the path to the file instead of manually specifying it.
• "New folder" creates a folder directly from the context menu, while standard way Windows requires you to first go to the "Create" submenu, and then select "Folder".
• "Control Panel" opens the corresponding section with system settings.

To add a command to the context menu, just tick it.

Unfortunately, some Right Click Tweaker options do not yet work correctly with Cyrillic characters. Therefore, commands like "Copy Content", which saves the contents to the clipboard text files, it is better to use only with English texts.

New Menu Editor

In the context menu there is an item "Create". By default, it can be used to quickly create objects of several types: Text Document, folder, shortcut and others.

You can significantly expand this list with objects of other formats thanks to the New Menu Editor. It is enough to run this tool and mark desired types checkbox files. To exclude objects that you do not plan to create from the list, mark them with a cross - they will disappear from the "Create" submenu.

Send To Manager

If you right-click on a folder or file, the "Submit" item will be displayed in the context menu. It contains a small list of folders and programs where you can export the selected item for storage or playback.

The Send To Manager tool will allow you to expand this list. To add a new directory to which you will send objects to the context menu, launch Send To Manager and click Add Folder. If you want to add a program, click "Add File" and select its icon.

All folders and programs added this way will appear in the Send to submenu.

Right Click Enhancer Professional

This tool is only available in the paid version of the program. For $10, you can add shortcuts to the context menu for quick access to programs, files, and folders, as well as create and customize submenus. All other features listed in the article are available for free.

If you've ever right-clicked on something and wondered where that junk came from, you're not alone.

By Windows default includes many options in this context menu, and the list grows as you install new applications. Sometimes it feels like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, even though most of us don't use even half of the commands.

Today we'll show you how you can remove items by editing your registry, as well as an easier cleanup method using a couple of free third party applications. We will also show you how to add some useful commands. Without much effort, you can only "clog" the context menu useful commands– optimized and efficient.

Editing the context menu registry

If you want to clean up the context menu in a brute-force way, you can do it from the Registry Editor without the need for a third party software. We'll move on to lighter tools later, but we think this introduction will help you understand how other tools work with the registry.

Standard Warning: registry editor is powerful tool and misuse can make your system unstable or even inoperable.

Open the Registry Editor by pressing the Win + R key combination and typing regedit. Press Enter to open the Registry Editor and then give permission to make changes to your computer.

Unfortunately, the items populating your context menu are in different places register. You will be able to find most of the context menu items used for files and folders in one of the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\ShellEx

You'll find folder-only context menu items in one of these sections:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

You'll need to handle the context menu items found in these places a little differently, so keep reading and we'll explain how. On this moment it may be convenient to find each of these places in the registry and add to favorites list, to make it easier to find later.

Delete Shell Items

Let's take one point as an example. I am using VLC video player. When I installed it, VLC added a context menu item called "Add to VLC playlist". I never use it and most likely won't.

Here is how we will get rid of this menu item. In the Registry Editor navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AddtoPlaylistVLC

I noticed the AddtoPlaylistVLC key while browsing the shell looking for items to remove. Elements under a normal shell key are usually very easy to discover and understand the meaning of.

We have several options on how to deal with this. We could just remove this AddToPlaylistVLC entirely and that would remove the item from the context menu. However, unless you back up your registry or export the key first, it will not be easy for you to get it back if you change your mind.

The second option is disable the key, not delete it. To do this, just right click on AddToPlaylistVLC or whatever key you're working with and select Create → String parameter. Name the new string value LegacyDisable.

As soon as you create LegacyDisable, the changes will take place immediately. Right-click a file or folder in File Explorer and you will see the "Add to VLC playlist" item has disappeared from the context menu.

There is also a third option. If you occasionally use a menu item but don't want it to clutter up the regular context menu, you can hide it in an extended context menu that you'll only see when you hold Shift while right-clicking a file or folder.

To do this, right click on AddToPlaylistVLC or whatever key you are working with and select Create → string value. name it Extended.

Now it will only appear if you right-click on the folder while holding Shift .

Delete Shellex Items

You may have noticed that some of the common registry keys we listed at the top of this section are named "shellex" (shell extension) instead of "shell". You will have to handle these types of keys a little differently.

As an example, we'll go to one of those keys we talked about:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Shellex elements are a bit harder to decipher, but you can identify the element by the key name on the left. Here we will work with Yandex.Disk.3 inside ContextMenuHandlers.

When Yandex.Disk is installed, it will add the "Copy Yandex.Disk link" command to the context menu. Since I'm more into drag and drop, I've never used this command and I'm going to get rid of it.

It will not work here to use the tricks with the above LegacyDisable and Extended. But, you can remove the entire DropboxExt key to remove it from the context menu (and be sure to revert the key if you do), but there's an easy way to disable it. Just select the key on the left and then double click on the value (Default) to open the properties window.

In the properties window, in the "Value" field, change the existing value by prefixing it with several dashes without deleting the existing characters. Then, if you change your mind, you can just go back and remove the dash. When everything is ready, click OK.

The change will be immediate: try right-clicking something in File Explorer and see if the command is gone.

Unfortunately, when it comes to shellex keys, it's not possible to hide them in the extended context menu the way we did with shellex elements. They can either be removed or disabled.

Explore other locations by file type

If you want to remove context menu items that you only see when you right-click on certain file types, you can also get rid of them. These elements are stored in elswhere. To find them, you need to first find the file extension key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

For example, you want to remove the menu item for opening Excel document(XLSX) in Excel when you right-click it. Why would you want to do this? This is just an example. Other applications can also add different types commands you don't need.

You can start by looking at the following registry key for the XLSX extension:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xlsx

data column Meaning for key (Default) lets you know what the actual file type is - Excel.Sheet.12.

Now you can go to this extension:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell

Now that you've found the correct shell key, you can use the same methods we described in the previous section on "shell" elements to remove, disable, or hide an element from the extended context menu. Remember string values LegacyDisable And Extended? Yes, these tricks work here too.

Context Menu Management with NirSoft Utilities

Now that you know how to do something difficult, let's take a look at the easy way. Instead of editing the registry, you can download two tools from NirSoft to clean up the context menu.

Why two instruments? Because one of them handles normal shell elements and one handles shellex elements. They are much easier to use than editing the registry, but a behind-the-scenes understanding of how these tools process the registry will give you the ability to make sense of all the items these tools display.

Start by downloading both tools. The first tool is ShellMenuView , which handles normal shell items. The second tool is ShellExView , which handles shellex elements. Scroll down to the bottom of both of these pages to find the download links. The tools work with almost any version of Windows from 98 all the way up to 10.

In the ShellMenuView window, just browse through the list until you find the item you want to disable. You can only disable items with these tools, not delete them or hide them in the advanced context menu. And by the way, these tools disable items by creating a LegacyDisable inside the corresponding key - just like we did when editing the registry manually.

When you find the item you want, click the Disable button on the toolbar (red light).

Another benefit of using these tools is that you can select multiple items and then disable them all at once. In our example, we disabled the "Add to VLC playlist" item only when right-clicking on a folder (the same example we used in the registry key earlier), but we could easily select all the "Add to VLC playlist" items as well then click Disable to remove this command from the context menu of all supported file types.

When you're done removing the shellex elements, the next step is to run the ShellExView tool and remove the shellex elements. This works exactly the same as the first tool. Simply select one or more items and then click the Disable button to remove the items from the context menu.

In the end, you'll be surprised at how much nicer it is to use a clean context menu that only has the commands you need. And so, what are you waiting for? It's time to start making those context menus more useful!

In the process of using the computer, your context menu is "clogged" with various items added by your installed programs. To make matters worse, time delays appear, context menus appear, slow you down and make you wait every time you right-click on a file or folder.

What happens when you right click a file? Are there significant delays in the appearance of the context menu? Then I'll tell you how to get rid of it, or at least reduce the delay. To do this, we need to remove some context menu items to speed up the process. Even if it pops up quickly, you can remove some context elements just to tidy up the menu. Let's look at how you can customize the context menu

Editing with CCleaner

One of the fastest, most simple ways context menu settings is popular app CCleaner. The context menu editing feature was added to CCleaner relatively recently, so you should have latest version applications to use this feature.

IN running program, click on the icon Service in the sidebar, select , and go to the tab Context menu at the top of the list. You will see a list of context menu items you can easily disable and customize the context menu to your liking

To disable an entry in the context menu, select it and click the button Switch off. The change takes effect immediately, and you do not need to restart your computer. Button should not be used. Delete- if you disable an entry in the context menu, you can easily re-enable it later. But if you have already uninstalled, but want to see it in the context menu again, you will have to reinstall the applications associated with it.

On the left picture below is my menu before settings, on the right after. The speed of appearance has increased significantly, which is an integral part of comfortable work.

Customization with ShellExView

CCleaner is easy to use, but you may have noticed that it doesn't show all of the context menu items, and therefore not all of them can be disabled. But fortunately there is another ShellExView tool. After downloading and running ShellExView, it automatically scans the system.

To view only those records that belong to the context menu, select the menu item Settings, select Filter by extension type, and select Context menu.

Listed as third party elements context menu and the built-in ones that come with Windows. Third-party context menu items highlighted pink. You can also disable some of the built-in context menu items if you like.

To disable an entry in the context menu, select it and click on the red button in the upper left corner. When you click on the button, a dialog box will appear with confirmation of disabling the selected element, click OK. If you want to turn it on again later, you guessed it, press the green button (although in my opinion it's not a button, but a light bulb))))

You will have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. It's not as convenient as in CCleaner, but you can manage all the context menu items.

It is also possible to remove context menu entries by editing the registry directly, but I wouldn't recommend doing that. Even for experienced users, this process is much more tedious and time-consuming (the context menu items are stored in five different places in the registry). When editing the registry, it is not possible to easily disable the entry in the context menu, you can only delete them - so you have to create backups each key before deleting it if you want to restore it later. If there are programs, why complicate your life. But unless you're young System Administrator, or want to poke fun at a friend and thirst for knowledge, while how to configure the context menu using the registry, read here.

Probably, it was necessary to notice that in each building Windows the context menu is different. In addition, often after installation various programs added to the context menu unnecessary items. For example, after installing any player, a new item for the right mouse button will definitely appear. That is, when we click on any file with the right mouse button to open it in specified program, then the item to launch with this program will be displayed.

For example, here is my context menu:

Pretty much not small anymore.

Over time, there are a lot of items in the context menu, in short, it gets clogged with unnecessary rubbish. And the question arises: how to get rid of "unnecessary" items? Although many programs have already been created for these purposes, we will consider how this can be solved using standard means systems.

IN system registry all data about the operation of programs are stored and Windows components. In this regard, careless handling of the registry and the slightest change can affect the system very much, so be careful when making changes to it.

How to remove unnecessary items from the context menu?

We go to Start press the button Run.

In the window that opens, enter the command regedit and click OK .

Open the following folders:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT , *, shellexe, ContextMenuHandlers

Having reached this path, we need to do the following steps. We right-click on the folder the menu item we want to delete. Let's say I want to remove shortcuts from the context menu − Notepad, AIMP player. In the list that opens, select Delete.

From this informational article you will learn about how to call the context menu for any file, folder, shortcut, etc. using several different methods for this.

The context menu is a list of available commands that depend on the currently selected object. Folders, files, the desktop or all kinds of programs with which each user works daily, almost all of them have a context menu that has its own difference in the number of items, and hence the possibilities.

How to call the context menu?

To do this, you just need to right-click on the selected object, but in the keyboard shortcut Shift+F10 the menu of the currently active window is called, or simply press the key for calling the context menu (about this key and other useful combinations keys can be found in this article).

If you click on the desktop free space PKM(right-click), then a menu will appear with the sections available in it, and if you click on the file, then other sections will already appear, and the shortcut will also have personal differences in points, etc.

This is actually what the context is, that is, the composition of the sections varies from a certain type of object.

Extended context menu

To call it, hold down the key Shift and right-click on the selected object, which will cause the list to increase by several points, unlike the usual call.

In the example above, these differences can be observed.

On the left screenshot is a standard call with a right-click on an object, and on the right screenshot is an extended call, where the command line call tab has been added ( cmd.exe).

With a key combination Shift+ click PKM the menu will always expand from one to several new items, which can be quite useful in some cases.
I also want to draw your attention to the fact that some tabs have a small arrow on the right side, if you hover over it, an additional submenu with a list of additional tabs will pop up.

To expand the functions of the desktop context menu, there are special third party utilities which can add new items, for example, you can add some programs and run them from there in order not to clutter up the desktop with shortcuts, I personally think this is not very necessary.

There are also utilities, on the contrary, for removing unnecessary items from the menu that may remain from some past long-deleted program, such a utility can be useful.

All these utilities, if you suddenly need them, can be easily found on the Internet.

Of course, all actions to remove or add can be done through the computer registry, but this method is not at all for a beginner.
And finally, watch a short video guide on this topic, but I say goodbye to you on this.

Valery Semenov, moikomputer.ru

Context menu(English)

Context menu

contextmenu, pop-upmenu) - This hidden menu that appears when the right mouse button is pressed. This menu is a list of commands and functions for the selected object or element (folder, file, selected text, etc.).

Pop-up menu, as it is often called, has different content depending on the type of element selected and the program. For example, if you select a folder and right-click on it, then in the context menu that opens you will see commands that can be performed for this folder (open, copy, rename, etc.).

The following is an example of a popup menu for selected text in Microsoft program word.

The context menu can be opened not only for selected objects, but also on empty place(e.g. desktop, inside a folder, taskbar).

How to open the context menu?

There are several ways to open the context menu in operating systems Windows.

In OS X, a pop-up menu can be opened by holding down the Control key and left-clicking on the desired item.

See also: start menu.

Context menu in Windows

Menu - essential element graphic user interface, with which you can select the desired program option.

Types of menus in the computer:

• by execution - text and graphic
• by function – application main menu, pop-up, context and system menu

What is a context menu and how to call it

A context menu is a separate kind of menu on a computer; list of available commands for working with this file.

Where is the context menu?

Its storage location is Windows registry, which consists of two sections. One part of the programs is stored in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell section, the other part is stored in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers section.

How does the context menu open?

Exist different ways how to call the context menu

1. At the bottom of the keyboard, between the "ALT" key and the "CTRL" key, there is a special button. It shows additional features and actions available for given file. It usually has a sign and a mouse pointer on it. This button brings up the context menu.

It is used if it is necessary to highlight labels necessary files, as well as inside already running programs. When you click on this button, the context menu is called according to the current situation.

Right mouse button on the keyboard is also successfully replaced by this button.

This method is for those who prefer to use the keyboard, while the context menu can also be opened with the mouse.

1. Hovering the mouse over desired file, select it with a left click. Right-clicking on a selected area will open a context menu. When several items are selected, the context menu will display the actions available for the selected group of files.

1. How to open the context menu when working on a laptop or netbook? On these devices, the mouse function is transferred to the built-in touchpad. The context menu is called by clicking on the selected area with the right button.

How to customize the right click context menu

For the right mouse button, a simple Context Menu Tuner program will help you configure the context menu. It will tell you how to customize the Windows 7 context menu.

Consider how to set up the right mouse button.

1. Download and run the program

1. The program interface consists of two different panels: the left one contains a list of commands supported by the program, the right one includes the OS explorer areas.

   How to change the right button menu. Cleaning up the Windows Context Menu

   Set the Russian language in the settings

1. We add a command. To do this, select it on the left side and "connect" with the preferred element on the right. Click "Add".

Other commands are added similarly.

To delete a team, select it and click "Delete"

The right-click context menu is now configured.

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How to add or remove items in the context menu?

The pointing device, the mouse, is often used to select menu items and commands on the toolbar. When working with a mouse, pressing the left button usually provides a selection and indication of a point on the screen; right-clicking brings up a context menu. The form and content of the menu depend on the position of the mouse pointer and the state of the task: for example, provided fast access to the options needed for the current command.

Right-clicking in the drawing area brings up one of six context menus:

• standard - contains a set of standard functions designed, in particular, for working with the clipboard, zooming, panning. To call this menu, you must deselect objects, end the current active command and right-click;
• editing - combines functions for editing objects. The set of functions may vary depending on the type of object selected. To call up the menu, you must select one or more objects, end the current active command and right-click;
• command - contains a set of functions that make it easier to execute commands with the mouse. It also includes the options for the current command displayed in command line. To call this menu, you must click the right mouse button when executing any command;
• object snap - allows you to select or configure object snap modes, enable the coordinate filter. To call up the menu, right-click while holding down the -Shift key;
• grips - contains functions that allow you to edit with grips. To call the menu, select the handles on the object and right-click;
• OLE - combines functions that allow you to edit OLE objects. To open the menu, right-click on the OLE object inserted into the picture.

Object Snaps, Grips, and OLE context menus are always enabled, so you can call them at any time. Context menus are standard, editing and command can be disabled.

In this case, clicking the right mouse button will correspond to pressing the Enter key. By default, these three context menus are enabled.

For elements of the AutoCAD window other than the drawing area, the following context menus can be invoked:

• toolbar. To enable/disable any panel or to configure panels, right-click on any of them. To display a list of panel groups, right-click on a free area to the right standard panel tools;
• command line. To select one of the six last-executed commands, or to call some of the functions used when working with the command line, you need to right-click on the command line or in the command window;
• dialog box (this menu is not available for all dialog boxes). As a rule, context menus are associated with either drop-down lists or fields for entering values ​​and allow you to delete, rename individual list items or work with the clipboard. Context menus can also be associated with some other window elements. To call the menu, right-click on the element of the dialog box;
• status bar. To switch the drawing mode or change the settings, right-click on the area of ​​the line where the current coordinates are displayed, or on any button for switching the drawing mode or changing the settings;
• Model/Layout tabs. To call up the print windows and page settings, as well as manage sheets, right-click on the Model tab or one of the Layout tabs.