Win10--Add a software to/remove from right click

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Introduction

        This article describes how to add a certain software to the right button and how to remove it from the right button in Windows 10.

add right click

Right-click a file to open it with a software

Take ultraedit as an example

1. Press Win+R, type regedit in the input box, click OK

2. Open the registry and open the path HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT=> *=> shell

3. Right-click on the shell => New => Item, named ultraedit, then right-click on ultraedit => New => Item, named command

4. Click the command folder, double-click "Default" in the right column, and enter in "Value data", such as "C:\Program Files\VeryProxy\ultraedit.exe" "%1" 

5. Right-click on ultraedit => New => String value (S) => The value name is: Icon, and the value data is changed to: C:\Program Files\VeryProxy\ultraedit.exe

6. Find a file on the desktop, right click, you can find that it has been successfully added

Add startup for blank right-click menu

It is basically the same as opening this file with the right-click menu, with the following differences:

• The modified registry path is
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT=> Directory=> Background=> shell
• "Value data" of the command item
  • Just write: C:\Program Files\VeryProxy\ultraedit.exe (no quotes around left and right, no 1%)

delete right click

Option 1: Use Tinder

 

Option 2: Modify the registry

Press Win+R=> regedit=> OK.

Find the right key to delete in the following directory:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers 
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers