This tutorial will teach you how to remove the option for "Shared Folder Synchronization" in the right click context menu.

When you install Microsoft Office 2010 (Professional or Professional Plus) it will put this option in the context menu.



To remove this option from the menu without uninstalling certain Office features, open your registry editor. To do this, click Start, type regedit, and hit enter.

If you've never done this before, it could take a few minutes to complete this next step. Do it carefully because editing the registry in the wrong way can have severe consequences. Now, expand the folder "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT." Scroll down and look for another folder named "CLSID" and expand it as well. After that, look for a registry key with the name "{6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D}." It can be tricky to find as there are a lot of keys in this directory. Rename this folder/key to something else.

Now you can close the registry editor and try right clicking again, and the "Shared Folder Synchronization" option should be gone. If not, just restart your computer. To get it back into the context menu, just rename the registry key to its previous name.

Last updated: 7/12/2011

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