Remove options from an application’s rightclick menu on taskbar

04/10/2005 13:09 | Software, Windows | 2 replies | 4262 views | RSS

I use different ways to close open applications. Sometimes I right click the upper left of the application window, sometimes I press alt+f4, sometimes I even use the little cross!

But mostly I use the following: right click on the application in the taskbar, and click X close alt+f4. If you use this, you can close applications very fast, because you know where must click to close it – it’s just a fast right/left click …

Some applications however have other options in their right click menu. E.g. a Windows MMC window, look:

stupid options

I hate it.

Let’s remove those options, here’s how:

Open C:\windows\system32\mmc.exe in Reshacker,
and go to menu > 162 > 1033.
Remove the following lines at the bottom:

POPUP “eMode_User_SDI”
{
MENUITEM “Customi&ze View…”, 13231, GRAYED
}
POPUP “eMode_Last +1 (All modes)”
{
MENUITEM “&Help Topics”, 12804
}

click on comile scriptand save, at the original location.

Now launch mmc.exe (or e.g. services.msc) and right click on it on the taskbar … look:

no stupid options!!

No more useless options, hurray!


  1. On 18 April 2006 at 14h50, BD wrote

    This didn’t work for me. Presumably, Windows File Protection stepped in and replaced mmc.exe with the original version after I saved the change. How did you get this change to “stick”?

  2. On 18 April 2006 at 15h22, Selder wrote

    Maybe it’ll help if you disable WFP (windows file protection) … I didn’t test this myself but here’s a howto – if you’re using XP SP2.

    Alternatively … you can do my howto, save it as mmc.exe on your desktop and then use replacer to replace your modified mmc.exe with the original…