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Removing Explorer Menu Item

Dave Kerr
2007-09-04
2012-11-13
  • Dave Kerr

    Dave Kerr - 2007-09-04

    Is there a way to remove the Windows Explorer context menu addition?

    It adds "Open with Notepad++" to the context menu.
    However for the sake of removing endless clutter (speed) it should be optional.

     
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2008-04-15

      Thank you Haibara, Fool4U for the ideas.

      Registry entry from Andy Dean was precise, it worked, thanks a lot!

       
      • DooGie

        DooGie - 2008-04-15

        Pleased that it was of help to you.

         
    • Dave Kerr

      Dave Kerr - 2007-09-04

      I found a way: install via ZIP instead of the EXE installer!

       
      • Anonymous

        Anonymous - 2008-04-11

        Is there any other way? This is highly intrusive....

         
        • Fool4UAnyway

          Fool4UAnyway - 2008-04-11

          Perhaps you should remove (or rename first) nppcm.dll from the Notepad++ installation folder. nppcm = Notepad++ Context Menu?

          "Error creating process: nppcm.dll" (Help forum)
          http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1954723&forum_id=331754

           
    • DooGie

      DooGie - 2008-04-11

      You could always do a registry edit to get rid of it.

       
      • Anonymous

        Anonymous - 2008-04-11

        Any pointers I could use to start from? I've done simple editing on the registry before, but I mostly only messed with the programs that start up with Windows, don't know where to find context menus standards (on Windows Vista)...

         
        • DooGie

          DooGie - 2008-04-12

          The registry entry  is [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Notepad++]
          @="{120B94B5-2E6A-4F13-94D0-414BCB64FA0F}"

           
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Browse to the directory nppcm.dll is in (should be in the main directory under the "Program Files" directory) and type the following:

      regsvr32 /u nppcm.dll

      You may have to provide the exact directory for regsvr32.exe (wherever it is on your system -
      example: c:\windows\system\regsvr32 /u nppcm.dll
      ...it may be in a different directory, depending on the version of Windows you're using.)

      After using the above command (it should say something like 'nppcm.dll correctly unregistered', if I remember correctly) successfully, log off or reboot, and you should no longer have Open with Notepad++ in the context menu.

      --Haibara

       
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