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mattan - 01 Aug. 2004 - 11:21:
Removing Windows Media Player right-click options
I'm customising my right-click menus at the moment, and I would like to remove some of the options that appear when right-clicking on music and video files - such as "Copy to CD or Device", "Queue-It-Up", "Add to Playlist..." and "Play with Media Player". Each of these options is related to Windows Media Player.
The trouble is, I can't find these options anywhere in the usual HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT structure, and searching the registry for any of these items returns nothing.
Are they embedded much more deeply in the system? Is it possible to remove them at all? I'm running Windows Media Player 9 on XP SP1. Thanks
Removing Windows Media Player right-click options
I'm customising my right-click menus at the moment, and I would like to remove some of the options that appear when right-clicking on music and video files - such as "Copy to CD or Device", "Queue-It-Up", "Add to Playlist..." and "Play with Media Player". Each of these options is related to Windows Media Player.
The trouble is, I can't find these options anywhere in the usual HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT structure, and searching the registry for any of these items returns nothing.
Are they embedded much more deeply in the system? Is it possible to remove them at all? I'm running Windows Media Player 9 on XP SP1. Thanks
Remove WMP Right Click Options (Queue-it-up, etc.)
Remove the Queue-it-up, Burn to CD right click options on Windows Media Player files.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]
remember to backup.
Remove the Queue-it-up, Burn to CD right click options on Windows Media Player files.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]
remember to backup.
Thanks dreamz, that worked a charm.
I wonder how you would rename these options, as their labels aren't in the registry? (Not that I want to at the moment, but someone might
I wonder how you would rename these options, as their labels aren't in the registry? (Not that I want to at the moment, but someone might
no problem.
removing those keys might have adverse effects, though. and i'm not sure how to rename them.
removing those keys might have adverse effects, though. and i'm not sure how to rename them.
That seems a bit brutal, deleting those keys, as you're effectively deleting COM classes that might be used for something else too...
Delete the keys under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
These keys reference the COM classes, they just tell the shell to load that object when right-clicking audio files. Deleting these keys is therefore "safer" than binning the whole object reference. Still, make a backup just in case
Delete the keys under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
These keys reference the COM classes, they just tell the shell to load that object when right-clicking audio files. Deleting these keys is therefore "safer" than binning the whole object reference. Still, make a backup just in case
ahh, thanks for pointing that one out!
np
oh, and for renaming the items, check the string resources in :
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wmpshell.dll
oh, and for renaming the items, check the string resources in :
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wmpshell.dll
thank you!
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