Tip: Run a free scan for common Windows errors ad

re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus'- Groove folder synchronization Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 1:14 pm Posted by Ed (1 messages posted) I agree, that's just annoying. Very carefully delete the following 3 registry keys and the Groove evilness will disappear: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX On Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 7:35 am, gman wrote: >hi, >great site u got here, helps a lot! > >ive just installed microsoft enterprise 2007 and >microsoft just added a "groove folder synchronization" >option to my context menu. > >anyone has any idea where it is hidden in the registry so that I can get rid off >it? > >thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus'- Groove folder synchronization Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 6:16 pm Posted by J (3 messages posted) Removing those keys didn't work for me. The key that needs to be deleted is... HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX How can you work this out for yourself? Run Sysinternals Regmon program (download free from Microsoft) Use it to see which registry keys are read when you right click a folder. Save the results. Import them into Excel. Sort by the column that contains the key names to get similar chunks of names together. Do a search for "Groove" (or whatever is offending you on your right click context menu). Delete each key that looks like it might be the one - there are only ever 3 or 4. Make a copy (export the key) of the keys just before you delete them. Right click a folder in Windows Explorer just after you delete them to see if it's fixed the problem. If not, put the key back by double clicking the exported backup you made. Repeat until the offending right click item is gone. Note that they will often be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex On Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 1:14 pm, Ed wrote: >I agree, that's just annoying. Very carefully delete the following 3 registry keys >and the Groove evilness will disappear: >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus'- Groove folder synchronization Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 6:43 pm Posted by J (3 messages posted) Woops, sorry. You need to delete another key as well. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus'- Groove folder synchronization Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 10:24 am Posted by Alex Yakovlev (1 messages posted) Another way is to use a context menu editing tool, like Fast Explorer. It was especially designed to help with sweeping out of unused static and dynamic menu items from Windows shell's context menus. You may find it more convenient instead of manual disturbing of the Registry. More info: http://thesoftpro.tripod.com/downloads/fe/ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus'- Groove folder synchronization Friday, September 12, 2008 at 9:01 pm Posted by Jarnex (1 messages posted) All this is all very fine for any of those who have downloaded sysinternals and want to feel cleber and enlightened. All that happens with these suggestions are slowdowns as the registry is checked each folder open. Groove GFS is STILL enabled - but missing resistry entries You can also do this in IE7: Tools-->Manage Add-Ins-->Enable or Disable Add-Ins Find the Groove GFS entry, and click disable. For all the registry molesters, do you have any idea what you have fiddled with? If you do, fine. Otherwise, read something more than the sysinternals install dialogue. There are REAL books on Windows you know. Big ones with little words and tables and stuff in them. Things some of us actually read. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus'- Groove folder synchronization Friday, September 12, 2008 at 9:52 pm Posted by J (3 messages posted) Although the method you've given to to disable Groove is very useful, the additional comments designed to insult aren't. > want to feel cleber (sic) and enlightened The purpose of describing the method to get the keys isn't to feel clever or enlightened. If that is the motivation you believe you would have had, fine. Don't make the mistake of attributing your motivations to other people though. The purpose was to give a general method that allows more than one annoying item to be removed from the context menu, as well as to provide instructions that allow someone to do this themselves in case the key I mentioned is wrong, as it was for me when I tried the keys in the previous post. > All that happens with these suggestions are slowdowns as the registry is checked each folder open I'm not sure that's true > read something more than the sysinternals install dialogue > Things some of us actually read The books you mention (although you didn't specifically mention any so it's tricky to know) use the methods you're disparaging in order to find out the information they're selling you [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum