How to remove?? (WXP-Pro)

[ashmo]

I installed some software but I decided to remove it, but now when I right click on a exe the program is there. It was called exe guarder, so when I righht click on a exe is says encript with exe guarder but nothing happens?? How do I remove it?? I have re installed it but with no luck!

[nkminh]

You can:
- Do a search on Windows for the <name>.exe file then delete it from your system.
- Then go to Registry, do the same search, this time for any names referring to the software. But becarefull before changing your registry. good luck

[tomtickles59]

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[anandk]

yes, serch for the file/folder. delete it. if it does not, it means its locked. then use 'delete doctor' utility o delete on reboot.

then sinmple use freeware 'ccleaner' to clear ur registry of invalid entries and other pc junk. its safe !

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[ashmo]

I have sucsesfully unistalled the software but when I right click on an exe is says it is still there but it is not. How do i reomve thin linnk from the right click menu?

[report_2]

From the original response:
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You can:
- Do a search on Windows for the <name>.exe file then delete it from your system.
- Then go to Registry, do the same search, this time for any names referring to the software. But becarefull before changing your registry. good luck
End of quote

[anandk]

if u r unsure about registry fiddling; utilities like contextmenu editor or rightclick manager or WinXP Manager can help u remove/add to th rtclick menus.

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[The_Dude]

I cliped and saved this from somewhere, don't remeber where though. :)
Question:
"How do I remove unwanted options that appear on right-click menus after installing software?"

Answer:


1. Before we make any changes in the registry, and even though you should have a full System Restore and/or Registry backup already,
back up the registry keys which will be affected in this tweak:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder]

2. Do this by opening Regedit, find the relevant sub-folder, right-click on it and select Export.
Make sure the "Selected Branch" option is selected under Export Range, then enter a descriptive name and save it somewhere safe.
Do that for each one of the four sub-folders above.
If anything goes wrong, instead of firing up System Restore or restoring the entire registry you can double-click on these files
and everything is quickly fixed.

3. Now, go to the following sub-folders and delete references to programs you know have set up offending context menu entries.
For example, in my system under [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
I found the key Symantec.Norton.Antivirus.IEContextMenu which I deleted.
The first volley in the war against the invasion of my menus by Symantec.
Here are all the places you should look in:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\OpenWithList]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandler s]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs]

4. As you're removing all the unwanted program entries, you should see the effects immediately - no reboot required.
Remove an entry from the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandler s] subfolder for example and open Explorer,
then right click on your hard drive name and you should see the corresponding program you removed in the registry is gone
from the context menu too. When you're done, you should see the default context menus devoid of the added rubbish.

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