Deleting "Play with Cyberlink PowerDVD" from Right-Click Context Menu

BobT

Newbie Joined: Jan 29, 2014 17:35 Messages: 7 Offline

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Jan 29, 2014 17:41

Bloody ell, you guys make me rage with this.

To remove "Play with Cyberlink X" (where X is the version no) from right-click context menus:

Start, Run, "Regedit"

Edit, Find, "PowerDVDXCommandVerb" (again where X is the version)

Delete that key. Have to do this for ALL file types, argh.

The even more ragier thing, I installed a patch to PowerDVD13, which then re-set all the default media file types to PowerDVD, AND put the stupid item back in my context menu for everything! If I take it OUT and change things back to what I want to use, a program shouldn't just go and put it all back again!

Make this an OPTION during installation AND patches please, and stop polluting my registry and taking over default file types! When I want to run PowerDVD, I will click my shortcut and run it, I have better programs for viewing pictures etc.

BobT

Newbie Joined: Jan 29, 2014 17:35 Messages: 7 Offline

Jan 29, 2014 17:44

You even put it on .dat files, ARGHGHGH

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jan 30, 2014 18:15

BobT , I would just like to remind you that this is not Tech Support; it is a user to user forum. We did not place anything anywhere nor can we undo anything that was done.,

Why don't you just go into Windows and set the default program for your files? I believe that you may have missed the settings when you installed the program.

If you go into the program and select settings, then preferences, More Settings, then file associations, you have the ability to change those preferences. This open was presented when you installed the software.

Good luck and perhaps a little tea to calm you down. .
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stevek

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Jan 30, 2014 18:17

Quote: BobT , I would just like to remind you that this is not Tech Support; it is a user to user forum. We did not place anything anywhere nor can we undo anything that was done.,

Why don't you just go into Windows and set the default program for your files? I believe that you may have missed the settings when you installed the program.

If you go into the program and select settings, then preferences, More Settings, then file associations, you have the ability to change those preferences. This option was presented when you installed the software.

Good luck and perhaps a little tea to calm you down.

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BobT

Newbie Joined: Jan 29, 2014 17:35 Messages: 7 Offline

Jan 30, 2014 18:21

Considering I can't see a tech support section, and other users may find this (there was only one post found when googling, which was a question, not the solution), I had to put it here or no-where. Need to get it off my chest either ways.

As to the option, I thought I'd put it in my post but it seems I hadn't. I did indeed tell it not to change the file associations during initial installation. I then used the method above to remove ALLLLLL the context menu items from the file types in the registry.

The patch then went and totally undid all that! I don't recall an option during patching to tell it to NOT tinker with the default file associations, and there's certainly not an option to tell it to slap "Play with Cyberlink PowerDVD13!" in the context menu for almost every file type under the sun.

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jan 30, 2014 18:27

Did you change the Windows file associations/play options? .
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BobT

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Jan 30, 2014 18:32

Yup, I'd already changed those back immediately afterwards. It was just irritating having to do it for all those bloody file types it had gone and auto-set it as.

As mentioned I had the ability to tell it not to touch them during initial install, but pretty sure I didn't get that option during the patch. (Along with the additional irritancy of it slapping all those context items back in my registry).

Cheers for being helpful though.

Dryne

Newbie Joined: Feb 05, 2007 06:46 Messages: 7 Offline

Mar 08, 2014 16:29

I agree with you that this is annoying as all heck.

I posted on how horrible this is already and asked they they fix this here:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/31605.page

CyberLink-Michael

Senior Contributor Location: Europe Joined: Apr 18, 2007 04:05 Messages: 7418 Offline

Mar 09, 2014 06:55

Hi,
sorry but we do not know yet why and how this happens to some users.

if you are used to Regedit - you can remove those keys manually:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\Audio\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\Video\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\Image\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\Audio\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\Image\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\Video\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb Technical Support

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BobT

Newbie Joined: Jan 29, 2014 17:35 Messages: 7 Offline

Jun 05, 2014 00:04

Quote: Hi,
sorry but we do not know yet why and how this happens to some users.

if you are used to Regedit - you can remove those keys manually:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\Audio\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\Video\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\Image\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\Audio\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\Image\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\Video\\Shell\\PowerDVD13CommandVerb

Apologies I've only just seen this reply.

Updated to the recent patch and it did it again. However I didn't have any of those keys at those locations. The PowerDVD13CommandVerb key seems to be under the specific file types, such as:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.bmp\Shell\PowerDVD13CommandVerb

For every file type under the sun heh. Have to mash F3 + Delete + Enter to get rid of them all. Then go into Default Programs in Control panel and set all the default associations back as PowerDVD13 has taken over everything.

There's so many..

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EyesWideBlown

Newbie Joined: Oct 07, 2013 14:16 Messages: 7 Offline

Jun 03, 2015 20:00

Same problem here with Win7 64-bit Ultimate Edition, I have to go thru my registry manually one by one to get rid of all "PowerDVD13CommandVerb" and "PowerDVD14CommandVerb" entries. It can't be that hard to have your software clean up the mess it has left behind, especially when you have a paying customer who has upgraded to a new PowerDVD version.

Nosxxx

Newbie Joined: May 28, 2013 15:28 Messages: 1 Offline

Aug 02, 2015 08:04

Hey Please fix this asap!!!

Det.

Newbie Joined: Aug 08, 2015 09:09 Messages: 1 Offline

Aug 08, 2015 09:15

This was actually pretty simple:

Download ShellMenuView (x32 / x64)

Open

Sort any of the Categories (I chose the first one, "Menu Name")

Scroll down to PowerDVD (mine was "@C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerDVD14[...]")

Shift select all

Right click

*Disable Selected Items* (F7)

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