is there any way to remove "undo move" "undo rename" "undo copy" from context menu?

The-Hive · Apr 29, 2022

Subscriber43 said:
It's cool. It's the OP who seems to have a problem with it.

I just didn't want to upset anyone :) as it's so easy for people to take things the wrong way

Subscriber43 · Apr 29, 2022

The-Hive said:
I just didn't want to upset anyone :) as it's so easy for people to take things the wrong way

I'm not that thin-skinned.

The-Hive · Apr 29, 2022

Subscriber43 said:
I'm not that thin-skinned.

some people are :ROFLMAO:

Subscriber43 · Apr 29, 2022

The-Hive said:
some people are

Ain't that the truth.

Alex__ASSR · Apr 29, 2022

Undo Move. Undo Rename

Bree · Apr 29, 2022

Subscriber43 said:
You just have to right -click a blank spot.

That is the key, everyone else has been right-clicking on the file/folder itself.

Subscriber43 · Apr 29, 2022

Bree said:
That is the key, everyone else has been right-clicking on the file/folder itself.

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Exactly!

glasskuter · Apr 29, 2022

You can teach an old dog new tricks. I don't know that I'll ever use it, but at least I now know that it's there.

TimucinPusat · Nov 17, 2023

hi all. even it's an old topic I do see this undo rename on the context menu and wanna remove it. I installed power toys and WinaeroTweaker v1.55.0.0 but I don't know if one of theese apps cause this. how to remove it?

carpangler · Nov 17, 2023

Wow - I never knew this existed. I rarely go into the old context menus now. Learnt something new reading this

dacrone · Nov 18, 2023

Delete/ disable undo & redo

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v MaxUndoItems /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f

Add/ enable undo & redo

reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v MaxUndoItems /f

Ghot · Nov 18, 2023

@Bree is correct.

I created a "New folder" on desktop, then single clicked and dragged it to a folder on the F: drive.
When I right click a blank area IN that folder... I have Undo copy.
And this is on the Win 10 (old) context menu.

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dacrone · Nov 18, 2023

Ghot said:
@Bree is correct.

I created a "New folder" on desktop, then single clicked and dragged it to a folder on the F: drive.
When I right click a blank area IN that folder... I have Undo copy.
And this is on the Win 10 (old) context menu.

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^ add that reg key I posted, restart explorer and then try that again. Should be gone from the menu

Ghot · Nov 18, 2023

dacrone said:
^ add that reg key I posted, restart explorer and then try that again. Should be gone from the menu

I'm not trying to remove it.

Wisewiz · Nov 19, 2023

I just tried @dacrone's command on my test machine and it works a treat. Copied files and opened desktop context menu; no Undo copy. Moved some files and opened desktop context menu; no Undo move.
Used second command to undo the first, and it worked perectly as well.

I think @TimucinPusat has his answer, thanks to dacrone.

Wisewiz · Nov 19, 2023

While this thread is live again, I'd like to ask whether my desktop context menus' (two machines) greyed-out Paste command is unusual or typical, and whether anyone knows how to remove this useless (it's always greyed out, every time I see it) command from the context menu.

Josey Wales · Nov 19, 2023

I have it

Wisewiz · Nov 19, 2023

@Josey Wales: I think everyone has those UNDO add-ins when they've recently copied or moved something. The Admin commands in
dacrone's post #31 work perfectly, as I reported in post #35.
It's the dead "Paste" in my context menu, whether I've copied anything or not, I'd like to find a way to remove. No big deal, of course, but I don't know where it came from, and I'd like to dump it. Wherever that menu in your post #37 came from, it doesn't have "Paste" greyed out and useless in it.

Josey Wales · Nov 19, 2023

Wisewiz said:
@Josey Wales: I think everyone has those UNDO add-ins when they've recently copied or moved something. The Admin commands in
dacrone's post #31 work perfectly, as I reported in post #35.
It's the dead "Paste" in my context menu, whether I've copied anything or not, I'd like to find a way to remove. No big deal, of course, but I don't know where it came from, and I'd like to dump it. Wherever that menu in your post #37 came from, it doesn't have "Paste" greyed out and useless in it.

Paste only shows if I copy something.

Wisewiz · Nov 19, 2023

That's what I'd expect, and I'd be okay with that, but I've got it whether I've copied or not, and it's NEVER live (un-greyed). I've tried copying, opening text editors, emptying the clipboard, and copying and pasting multiple items successfully, but it's still there, dead.