The right click context menu in Windows offers a great and convenient way to easily run Windows commands such as cut, copy, delete, create shortcut, rename, send to, and also for third party software to open a file with a particular program, scanning a file with an antivirus, burning the whole folder with your favorite disc burning software, etc. All it takes is two clicks which is right click, select the option and then left click rather than launching the program and then browse for the file. However, some programs comes with a badly programmed installer that leaves the right click context menu intact without removing it even after a proper uninstallation. You may probably also have a lot of software installed which makes the right click context menu really long and messy.
The good news is you can remove the items that you don’t normally use from the right click context menu but the bad news is you either need to access the settings on every program to disable the context menu or you can simply use a third party software such as ShellExView. ShellExView is able to list all right click context menu items but if you find it a bit overwhelming, you can try MenuMaid.
MenuMaid offers a fast and easy way to clean up your Window Explorer and Internet Explorer right-click context menu by unchecking the items that you don’t want to show up. You can also easily restore it back by checking the items from the list. The effect takes place immediately without even the need to click on Apply or OK button.
MenuMaid is free and works on Windows XP/Vista/7. ManuMaid is actually portable and you can use 7-Zip to extract the installer file to get the program MenuMaid.exe and save it to your USB flash drive or onto another computer skipping the installation. Thanks to hal9000 for suggesting this tool on the forum.