Slow right-click Windows context menus got you down?

Here's what to do:

Use the free application ShellExView from Nirsoft to find unnecessary context menu items and disable them. This can actually have a big effect on the noticeable performance of your menus. Psychologically, this can result in a much more enjoyable computer use experience.

1. Download the program
2. Start it up.
3. Sort by Type and scroll down to Context Menu
4. Look for the items in red first - they are non-Microsoft applications.
5. For each item you want to disable, press F7 or right-click and select Disable. This happens instantly so you can right click on a file or folder in Windows explorer and see the result. You can also disable MS items.

This tool works on any version of Windows from 98 up to Windows 7 64 bit.
Thanks to this blog post for the tip!

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