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Dracusis Maniac (V) Inmate From: Brisbane, Australia Insane since: Apr 2001	posted 07-27-2003 23:22 I recently installed QuickZip as I was growing tired of the WinZip 8 nag screen, but I decided I didn't really like it so I've uninstalled it but it's left behind a bunch of shell extentions (commands in the right click context menu). Anyways, is there any way I can manually remove these as I've tried re-installing and un-installing the QuickZip to no avail. Any help sould be greatly appreciated.
counterfeitbacon Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Vancouver, WA Insane since: Apr 2002	posted 07-27-2003 23:27 I had the same problem a while ago. Just go to run and type in "regedit," and do searches for the phrase that comes up in the right click (I forgot exactly where). You should find it. Somewhere. [This message has been edited by counterfeitbacon (edited 07-27-2003).]
viol Maniac (V) Inmate From: Charles River Insane since: May 2002	posted 07-28-2003 00:18 The previous message says it all but you may try to look at the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key, the first one that shows up in Regedit, then open the star * sub-key, then you'll find OpenWithList and shellex (Shell Extensions). It's a direct way to find the bastard and, if it doesn't work, try the other mentioned approach. This is WinXP's tip but it should work with other recent Windows'es.
brucew Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: North Coast of America Insane since: Dec 2001	posted 07-28-2003 03:27 Two utilities come to mind. And the usual warnings about tinkering with the registry apply. jv16 PowerTools, which I see has just gone from freeware to demoware, has nice tools for all sorts of registry stuff and is the only automated registry cleaner I've used that both works and doesn't trash the machine. Your mileage may vary. X-Setup is primarily a registry settings tweaker, but it gets at some of the context menu stuff. It also lets you add your own stuff to the context menus. HTH!
Dracusis Maniac (V) Inmate From: Brisbane, Australia Insane since: Apr 2001	posted 07-28-2003 08:21 Thanks for the replies everyone, I've managed to get rid of it now. =) Brucew, I've been looking for a decent reg cleaner, thanks for the link.
Petskull Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis Insane since: Aug 2000	posted 07-28-2003 15:05 if I'm not mistaken, I think that on WinBoxes you can open explorer and go "Tools>Folder Options>File Types" and directly modify the shell extentions, 'open with' and even the icon of specific filetypes... you might even be able to remove them, I think.. Code - CGI - links - DHTML - Javascript - Perl - programming - Magic - http://www.twistedport.com ICQ: 67751342

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Dracusis
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Brisbane, Australia
Insane since: Apr 2001

posted 07-27-2003 23:22

I recently installed QuickZip as I was growing tired of the WinZip 8 nag screen, but I decided I didn't really like it so I've uninstalled it but it's left behind a bunch of shell extentions (commands in the right click context menu). Anyways, is there any way I can manually remove these as I've tried re-installing and un-installing the QuickZip to no avail.

Any help sould be greatly appreciated.

counterfeitbacon
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Vancouver, WA
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted 07-27-2003 23:27

I had the same problem a while ago. Just go to run and type in "regedit," and do searches for the phrase that comes up in the right click (I forgot exactly where). You should find it. Somewhere.

[This message has been edited by counterfeitbacon (edited 07-27-2003).]

viol
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Charles River
Insane since: May 2002

posted 07-28-2003 00:18

The previous message says it all but you may try to look at the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key, the first one that shows up in Regedit, then open the star * sub-key, then you'll find OpenWithList and shellex (Shell Extensions). It's a direct way to find the bastard and, if it doesn't work, try the other mentioned approach. This is WinXP's tip but it should work with other recent Windows'es.

brucew
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: North Coast of America
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted 07-28-2003 03:27

Two utilities come to mind. And the usual warnings about tinkering with the registry apply.

jv16 PowerTools, which I see has just gone from freeware to demoware, has nice tools for all sorts of registry stuff and is the only automated registry cleaner I've used that both works and doesn't trash the machine. Your mileage may vary.

X-Setup is primarily a registry settings tweaker, but it gets at some of the context menu stuff. It also lets you add your own stuff to the context menus.

HTH!

Dracusis
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Brisbane, Australia
Insane since: Apr 2001

posted 07-28-2003 08:21

Thanks for the replies everyone, I've managed to get rid of it now. =)

Brucew, I've been looking for a decent reg cleaner, thanks for the link.

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted 07-28-2003 15:05

if I'm not mistaken, I think that on WinBoxes you can open explorer and go "Tools>Folder Options>File Types" and directly modify the shell extentions, 'open with' and even the icon of specific filetypes... you might even be able to remove them, I think..

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