When I right click a .docx file in Windows' File Explorer, there's an entry 'Convert to Adobe PDF' in the context menu. I'd like to remove the entry, but keep Adobe Acrobat installed. What I've tried:
HKCR\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlersHKCR\.docx\shellexRestarted my computer after each step.
What else could be causing this entry to show?
There's a very lightweight app called Easy Context Menu, which will apply the necessary registry changes. Its website is an advertising mess, but here's a Direct download link.
File -> ContextMenu Cleaner .Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu., where beside it says Folder.
The Windows 11 Context menu item is not anymore saved in the Registry, but it is connected to a .dll file.
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat ElementsContextMenuIExplorerCommandShim.dllSource: a thread on elevenforum
You can do it easily with a .reg file which deletes the registry key:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu]
;deletes Adobe Acrobat context menu entry
Save all the contents into a .reg file, double click it and press Yes when prompted. Keep the comment in the file - there must exist a line after the last command for the .reg file to execute properly.
Don't have Acrobat, so can't check directly, but there are two other registry keys you should check. HKCR\SystemFileAssociations contains entries that persist for a given filetype regardless of the extension's AppID/Open with association. In addition to file extensions, there are subkeys that correspond to the various Kind types and serve as a "roll-up" for multiple extensions. So check under:
HKCR\SystemFileAssociations\.docxHKCR\SystemFileAssociations\documentGood luck!!
