So anybody who has Office 2007, will notice an extremely annoying new option on the context (right click) menu of everything… called “Groove Folder Synchronization” with some atrocious green icon next to it.
In order to remove the Groove Folder Synchronization from the context (right click) menu, you’ll need to edit the registry…
1. Press start.
2. Choose Run… (If you’re on Vista skip this step.)
3. Type “regedit” without the “quote” marks. (For Vista users, just type it in the “Start Search” bar.)
4. Press Enter
5. This will open up the Registry Editor, you’ll need to navigate to the following registry keys, and delete them. NOTE: These will all be FOLDERS that you will be deleting from the registry.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
Find those folders and right click them and DELETE them from the registry. This will have NO adverse effects on your system, it will only remove the context menu that is so gaudy.
Apestyzep on June 8th, 2009 at 12:37 AM says:
hm… amazing
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Ricardo on December 5th, 2009 at 12:07 PM says:
Thank you!!
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Anonymous on February 25th, 2010 at 6:13 AM says:
another easier way would involve shellxview and turning off Groove GFS Context Menu Handler-Context Menu
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Corey DeGrandchamp Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:22 PM
@, This is true, and I found out about this app and others like it after I published this. Thanks for the tip for any fellow readers though!
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