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Old 01-04-2007, 03:42 AM
Ramesh, MS-MVP
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Re: Remove "Edit", "Print", "Preview" from context menu?

You're welcome, Mo. The Preview actions are defined in the following places:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\open
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\She llEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Mo" <Mo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:920E394E-A9BD-4760-8BD8-47EF3D9FDBE3@microsoft.com...
You are awesome, Ramesh. You helped out the last time. No wonder you are the
MVP!!

While we are on the topic, how can I remove "Preview" and uninstall Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer completely for good?

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> You can remove the "Edit" and "Print" actions from the registry. For image
> file types, use these steps:
>
> 1. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.EXE
> 2. Navigate to the following branch:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\she ll
>
> 3. Export (backup) the branch to a REG file.
> 4. Delete the two sub-keys namely "edit" and "print".
> 5. Close Regedit
>
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> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Mo" <Mo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F13E6E0-E0DF-4796-9D62-D6E52E93D1D4@microsoft.com...
> For all image types. In Folder Options, I clicked the JPG type and I
> don't
> see Preview and Edit options in the Advanced tab. All I could find was
> Open
> and Printto.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > For which file type? Most of those settings can be managed using Folder
> > Options applet (File Types tab)
> >
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> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> > Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

>
>
>



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Old 01-04-2007, 03:42 AM