i uninstalled a program yet all the right click options remain

djshowdowndjshowdown London
edited May 2005 in Science & Tech
as the title suggests i installed a peice of software then decided i didnt want it anymore

after i uninstalled it all the right click options are still there

ie when i click relevant files, i am presented with the usual open, rename, copy options but also options for the program which i uninstalled

the program was videozilla

if anyone knows how i can clean up the mess it has made please let me know thanks

if it helps, when i was uninstalling it asked me if i wanted to remove certain shared files. as i didnt know what they were i clicked no to all

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  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    from their site:
    1) Click on the start windows, select run
    2) Type "regsvr32 -u shctxex.dll" and click on ok button

    It should remove the option "Play with Videozilla" and "Convert to" on the context menu.
  • djshowdowndjshowdown London
    edited May 2005
    thanks

    now urm

    what exactly did i just do by doing that
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    you basically uninstalled the shell extension that added the extra right click options
  • djshowdowndjshowdown London
    edited May 2005
    but only for videozilla

    how?

    excuse my ignorance but i would like to know for future reference

    thanks alot by the way

    clutter irritates me!
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    regsvr32.exe is the dll installer/uninstaller

    -u says "uninstall"

    "shctxex.dll" is the dll that the program installed that changed the windows shell
  • djshowdowndjshowdown London
    edited May 2005
    "shctxex.dll" is the dll that the program installed that changed the windows shell

    how did you know that?

    are you familiar with the program or something?
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited May 2005
    no, thats what regsrv32 does.

    regsrv32 is a utility bundled with windows that installs / uninstalls shell extensions. It can be used to install anything from added context menus to audio / video codecs. all it does is basically register the dll that you point it to with the windows operating system
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    I went to videozilla's site, searched for your problem, found the answer (posted by a mod/admin) and pasted it here. The developers were familiar with the problem.
  • djshowdowndjshowdown London
    edited May 2005
    perhaps i should have checked their site first

    oops

    either way

    thanks

    this forum has helped me out once again
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