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Greetings, Earthlings!
How can I remove Spybot from the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer?
Example: (Spybot is NOT running.)
I right-click on a filename in Windows Explorer. One of the items in the popup menu is "Scan with Spybot Search & Destroy."
I'd like to remove that option from the context menu.
I've searched under Settings, under Tools, and all through the Spybot Help file. Can't find anything on this. Thanks!
Z
Hello,
To disable the single files scan please open the registry editor by:
(a)
press windowskey + r then enter "regedit" (without quotation marks)
or
(b)
click on "start" , then "run" and enter "regedit" (without quotation marks)
(a+b)
and then browse to the following path.
Please delete the following registry keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\sdfiles
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\sdfiles
Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
Thanks very much, knowledgeable and helpful lady! Deleting those two keys fixed my context menu!Quote:
Originally Posted by spybotsandra
Much gratitude.
Z
This answer no longer works and is not validQuote:
Originally Posted by spybotsandra
lee4th:
If you have the following registry entries, try deleting them:
Code:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\sdfiles]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\sdfiles]
Hello,
It worked fine for me... thanks!
There's just one thing... it only seems to work for single files.
When right-clicking folders or drives, it still shows up in the context menu.
Is there any way to remove that (registry entry) as well?
Greetz,
Sander
Finally! Thanx so much for your great answer! That was the last vestige of spybot left that annoyed me. However, now when I right-click "sdfiles" shows up as part of the context menu. In fact it's part of the right-click menu for many things now. I can't seem to get rid of that now. :confused: Technology!!!!#@%&! Can anyone out there help me with this?