REMOVE "OPEN IN VISUAL STUDIO" IN THE CONTEXT MENU

visualstudio_contextmenu.md

How to Remove "Open in Visual Studio" in the Context Menu

Also you can watch the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S7s-p_enSY

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STEP 1

• Press Win+S keys, and search regedit then open Regedit (Registry Editor).

STEP 2

# Go to path of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

STEP 3

# Remove AnyCode key.

STEP 4

# Go to path of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\

STEP 5

# Remove AnyCode key.

It currently deleted from the context menu.

God bless you. Thank you it worked perfectly

Always works like a charm, thanks!

Isn't there an option during installation that disables the feature by default?
Registry modification works, but the feature returns when updating Visual Studio.

Thank you for the tip. Dealing with such issues has always been frustrating in Windows.

Thank you so much!

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You could also run batch commands to script this (especially if you frequently setup new machines):

reg copy "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AnyCode" "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AnyCode_Disabled" /s
reg copy "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AnyCode" "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AnyCode_Disabled" /s

reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AnyCode" /f
reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AnyCode" /f

This renames the key to AnyCode_Disabled in case you need it back. If you don't want that, then just use the delete commands.

You have to run these commands in an Admin shell.