Remove the Default Context Menu from Windows Explorer
Posted By Brent Trahan On June 19, 2009 @ 3:49 pm In Guides, Personalization | No Comments
Removes shortcut menus from the desktop and Windows Explorer. Shortcut menus appear when you right-click an item.
If you enable this setting, menus do not appear when you right-click the desktop or when you right-click the items in Windows Explorer. This setting does not prevent users from using other methods to issue commands available on the shortcut menus.
Remove Windows Explorer’s Default Context Menu
- Type gpedit.msc in the Start menu’s search box and then press Enter.
Note: This guide shows you how to make changes to Windows 7 using Group Policy. Group Policy is not available in Home versions of Windows 7.
- Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and then select Windows Explorer in the left column of the Group Policy editor.
[1] - Double-click Remove Windows Explorer’s default context menu in the Settings section of the Group Policy editor.
- Select Enable and then click OK to save the changes.
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