


Now when I right click on a folder or file, the Scan with AVG option will be gone for the context menu and if AVG was the problem, right clicking will be faster. If I suspected AVG Anitivrus was the culprit, just right click on AVG7 Shell Extension Class and select disable or highlight and press F7 and answer Yes to disable. To find the context menu handlers, sort the Type column, so the context menu handlers are displayed together. ( NOTE: On Windows Vista launch the program as an administrator by right clicking shexview.exe and select Run as Administrator) After a few seconds, ShellExView will open and display all shell extensions installed on your Computer.Ī you can see it is a very detailed list. No installation is required and the tool can be run by double clicking on shexview.exe.

To get started, first download ShellExView. Since context menu handlers can be added to the registry in several different areas, ShellExView easily identifies these areas, and lets you disable all programs or one at a time, which removes the option from the context menu, allowing you test and identify the cause. When programs such as Zip utilities or Ant-Virus applications are installed, you will also see additional options added to the context menu, as shown in the screen shot below with AVG Antivirus application installed: Examples are p aste, copy, cut, open with, share, etc. What is a context menu handler? It's a shell extension that adds functionality to context menus when you right click a file or folder and a menu appears. For the purpose of this tutorial, I'll show you how to use ShellExView to help isolate and identify the cause of a misbehaving context menu handler. Keep coming back, as there is always something new and interesting waiting for you right here.ShellExView from NirSoft can do more than fix slow right click problems since the tool can display all installed shell extensions. So that’s how simple you can fix the issue of your Downloads folder opening up slowly. Restart the PC or the Windows Explorer for the changes to take over. Once you are all done, hit Apply button and then Ok button.
