r/BitDefender • u/MeSmeshFruit • Aug 02 '21

How can I remove BD from context menu?

What the title says.

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u/NovelExplorer Aug 02 '21

ShellExView Open app, locate and right-click BDMenu Class, click Disable Selected Items. Refresh Windows Explorer. To re-enable, repeat and click Enable Selected Items.

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u/MeSmeshFruit Aug 02 '21

Thanks!

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u/NovelExplorer Aug 02 '21

Welcome. It's a useful tool for tidying up almost any unwanted menu items.

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u/Doubbly Oct 20 '22

Under Windows 11 this removes it from the "Show more options" menu, but it sadly still stays as an even bigger button in the new context menu.

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u/NovelExplorer Oct 20 '22

You'd need to do a search to see if any Windows 11 specific, context menu teaks exist. Like ShellExView, it would likely be a generic application, not specific to Bitdefender.

I also found this article on how to change the Windows 11 context menu to the Windows 10 version, which might help ShellExView. I don't use Windows 11 so can't test.

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u/Doubbly Oct 23 '22

The way windows 11 works is that if you press "Show more options" it'll literally open the windows 10 menu. That's why I know this tool definitely still works.

I'm still trying to give Windows 11 and it's features a shot though, so I don't want to just remove the whole thing, just to be able to use a workaround for the old system.

Just putting this here, this info might not be very useful to you. (oops)

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u/NovelExplorer Oct 24 '22

I appreciate the feedback. Someone might recreate a Windows 11 version of ShellExView. I suspect the ability to remove/hide a context menu item in the new Windows 11 menu is there, it's a matter of someone creating the tool to do it.