Context Menu Items

[MikeWill]

After programs installing and unistalling there are often left-over remains in the system.

In my case it is an AccountLogon entry in IE Context menu. I guess, it was added to the Context menu by the AccountLogon application ( http://www.accountlogon.com ) by Rhodes Software, which I have uninstalled quite some time ago.

Now, every time I click on AccountLogon, I get an Error Message:

AccountLogon Error

ActiveX component can't create object.

There is also an entry in my HijackThis log:

O8 - Extra context menu item: AccountLogon - C:\WINDOWS\al-popup-michael.html

How I can delete this AccountLogon from the IE Context menu?

My system:

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OS - Win XP Pro SP2 and IE v.6

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2000MHz

MB - ASUS A8N-SLi Premium w/(2x1024) 2GB Corsair DDR 400MHz

HDD - 300GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 16MB SATA-II NCQ

VGA - ASUS eXtreme Nvidia GeForce N6600GT 128MB DDR3

PSU - CoolerMaster Real Power 550W

Case - CoolerMaster Centurion 532

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[katana]

Have you tried deleting the O8 entry with HijackThis?

HiJackThis keeps a backup, so it should be possible to restore the entry if necessary.

[MikeWill]

I've tried to uncheck it in the Autoruns of Sysinternals, and it didn't help.

I want to delete the registry entry it points to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \MenuExt\AccountLogon...

- just a little hesitant to do so without a confirmation from the experts...

[tjo o tjim]

Go ahead and delete the registry entry. You can save it first if you are too paranoid, but there shouldn't be any issues.

[briley]

Of interest the list of programs that add bits to the context menu in windows explorer are in the registry under:

hkey_classes_root\*\shellex\contextMenuHandlers

If you just delete an entry the associated context junk disappears.

Normal warning back up registry etc etc

[MikeWill]

Thanks to all for the responses.

First of all, I have deleted the a/m registry key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \MenuExt\) and the AccountLogon disappear from the IE Context menu. So far so good.

Secondly, I have found a nice FREE little utility called ToolbarCop ( http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm ). And it comes with Usage instructions for ToolbarCop utility ( http://www.winhelponline.com/tbchelp.htm ).

ToolbarCop - Description

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ToolbarCop is a browser extensions manager which can disable or eliminate

the following browser add-ons selectively from Internet Explorer:

* Unwanted Browser Helper Objects (BHO)

* Toolbars (Tool Band)

* Standard Toolbar buttons

* Context menu Extensions

* Download managers

* Protocol Handlers

* Horizontal / Vertical Explorer Bars (side-search bars)

* Startup applications originating from RUN registry keys.

Hopefully, this utility will be helpful to board members. And maybe need to announce it in a special separate post.