Remove "Open with Visual Studio" in the Windows Explorer Context menu

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Summy

There are 2 registry keys you need to remove.

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AnyCode
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AnyCode

Steps

Step1. Check you value before deletetion

$ Get-Item "registry::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\AnyCode"

    Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

Name                           Property
----                           --------
AnyCode                        (default) : @C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\1033\VSLauncherUI.dll,-1002
                               Icon      : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe,-105
$ Get-Item "registry::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\AnyCode"

    Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

Name                           Property
----                           --------
AnyCode                        (default) : @C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\1033\VSLauncherUI.dll,-1002
                               Icon      : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe,-105

Step2. Remove Keys

$keys = @("Directory\shell", "Directory\Background\shell")
foreach ($key in $keys) {
  $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey($key, $true)
  if ($null -ne $reg) {
    $reg.DeleteSubKeyTree("AnyCode", $true)
  }
}