"Edit" and "Remove" buttons are grayed out for the File Folder entry in the File Types dialog box ?
Published: Sep 09, 2005Send your feedback
Symptom
When you open Control Panel - Folder Options - File Types tab, select the File Folder entry, and click the Advanced button, the Edit and Remove buttons may be grayed out. As a result, you may be unable to remove the additional right-click command entries for file system folders.
Resolution
To remove the additional entries, you may need to edit the registry. Follow these steps:
- Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
- Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell
- Backup the key to a file. More information is here
- Right-click the subkey which you want to remove, and choose Delete.
- Exit the Registry Editor
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