Bman

How can I remove the VLC context items from the menu?

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Bman

Wow, this is the first time I post in here, and get no reply..

hmmm

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pluto

Either edit the registry - but I cant find the link

The solution I used was to re-install VLC and unticking the option for "context menu item" on the installation menu.

Bman

They have the option to do that when installing, but not after. How dum is that! Anyone else have the registry edit?

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pluto

I think it would be quicker to re-instal, could be waiting all day to find out the reg-edit

Yharn

I just uninstalled and reinstalled unchecking the option the second time around.

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NetRyder

Start>Run>regedit
Look under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

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Bman

That's who I was waiting for, always worth the wait.

Thanks Netryder!!

Edit* I don't see one for VLC...anywhere else?

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NetRyder

Hmm...I'm guessing it's filetype-specific then. In that case, you'll need to look under the keys for each extension that VLC is associated with under the HKCR tree, which is going to be a pain. Stick with the uninstall/reinstall method instead.

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Bman

Alrighty then, thanks!

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BillyBuerger

Oh, old thread here but also the first one that comes up when searching for "vlc context menus". The registry key is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell. There should be two keys under this for Add to VLC playlist and Send to VLC playlist. Delete them and that's it. It's three years since this post and it still isn't an option in the application to do this. Ug.

LordOfLA

Thanks for the update!

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Bman

Yea thanks for the update, I don't even remember posting this. And I guess it don't matter anymore, cause I don't even use VLC at the moment.

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jaylweb

Awesome! This worked for me! I used ninite to install VLC and other free apps, so I didn't have a choice to not add items to the context menu via ninite.

I also found this on VLC's forum after finding this post.
The VideoLAN Forums • View topic - Remove context menu

I'm submitting a post for a feature request to add this ability to preferences. Maybe it'll get added some day.

Edit:
The two main keys are:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AddToPlaylistVLC HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PlayWithVLC

Those only effect the context menus when you right click on folders. If you want to remove the context menus for mp3's and such, then the easiest method is to uninstall/reinstall and uncheck the file associations options.

PS. This may be an old post, but it is still the number one search in Google when looking up "remove flc from context menu"