Saturday, 21 November 2020

remove 'share with skype' from Windows Explorer context menu

Right clicking a file in explorer opens context menu with "Share with skype". This can be removed:

If Skype installed by download

1. Open regedit.
2. Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\ShareWithSkype
3. Delete 'ShareWithSkype' folder
4. done.


If Skype was installed from Store

1. Open regedit
2. Open Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PackagedCom\Package\Microsoft.SkypeApp_15.65.78.0_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c\Class\{776DBC8D-7347-478C-8D71-791E12EF49D8}

3. Double click DLLPath
4. Put hyphen '-' at start of value.
5. done.

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