Tweak Library – Hide context menu on the Desktop and in Windows folders.

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Hide context menu on the Desktop and in Windows folders.

When you press the right mouse button on the desktop or in any Windows folder, a context menu appears. You can disable the ability to show the context menu on the desktop and in Windows folders.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

If you press the right mouse button on the desktop or in any Windows folder, a context menu will appear. You can disable the ability to show this context menu on the desktop and in Windows folders.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create a DWORD value "NoViewContextMenu", if this value does not exist.

Now, set the Value Data to "1" to disable the context menu on the desktop and in Windows folders.

The changes will take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Disable Context Menu.reg

The '.reg' file can disable 'Context Menu'.

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Enable Context Menu (Default).reg

The '.reg' file can enable 'Context Menu'.

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Registry Entry Details:

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\] and create a DWORD value 'NoViewContextMenu'.

Right-click on 'NoViewContextMenu' and select 'Modify'.

Set the 'Value Data' to "1" in the textbox provided and click on 'OK' to hide context menu on the Desktop and in Windows folders.