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I've been annoyed by how slow the Win11 "modern" context menu is when Windows or third-party programs add items to it I seldom use and haven't been able to find a utility to hide them. It turns out to be fairly simple to do and I hope someone writes one or updates one of the several utilities that work with the "classic" menu. Meanwhile, here's how to do it manually:
1. Find the GUID of the context menu handler you want to remove. I do this by searching the registry for the menu item text and sifting through the Find results for a GUID that is associated with the menu handler. I use Registry Finder, which is much faster than regedit's search.
2 Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
3. Create a new Key named Blocked
4. Under Blocked, create a string value that contains the GUID. The effect is immediate -- the menu item associated with that GUID won't show up anymore. Remove the string value to reverse the process. The Blocked key affects only the "modern" menu. The menu items still show up in the "classic" menu, which is where I want them.
Some GUIDs I've found:
Paint: {2430F218-B743-4FD6-97BF-5C76541B4AE9}
Terminal: {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}
grepWin: {3C557AFF-6181-4BBC-937D-E2FE8844DD49}
Mp3Tag: {6351E20C-35FA-4BE3-98FB-4CABF1363E12}
PowerToys Image Resizer: {8F491918-259F-451A-950F-8C3EBF4864AF}
1. Find the GUID of the context menu handler you want to remove. I do this by searching the registry for the menu item text and sifting through the Find results for a GUID that is associated with the menu handler. I use Registry Finder, which is much faster than regedit's search.
2 Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
3. Create a new Key named Blocked
4. Under Blocked, create a string value that contains the GUID. The effect is immediate -- the menu item associated with that GUID won't show up anymore. Remove the string value to reverse the process. The Blocked key affects only the "modern" menu. The menu items still show up in the "classic" menu, which is where I want them.
Some GUIDs I've found:
Paint: {2430F218-B743-4FD6-97BF-5C76541B4AE9}
Terminal: {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}
grepWin: {3C557AFF-6181-4BBC-937D-E2FE8844DD49}
Mp3Tag: {6351E20C-35FA-4BE3-98FB-4CABF1363E12}
PowerToys Image Resizer: {8F491918-259F-451A-950F-8C3EBF4864AF}
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