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When I right click inside a folder in Windows Explorer, there is an option called "AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition":

(This option only appears when I right click on an empty space inside the folder I'm already viewing, not when I right click on another folder.)

I never use this option, so I would like to remove it.

I searched Google for how to remove it and I found a few suggestions, but none of them worked for me. I found this which suggests adding {FDADFEE3-02D1-4E7C-A511-380F4C98D73B} to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked, and I found this which suggests removing the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ACE (which does exist in my case). I tried both of those suggestions and restarted my computer after trying each of them, but none of them helped.

I also tried searching for how to remove the "Open in Terminal" option (not because I want to remove it, but because the same method might be able to be used to remove the AMD Software one), and I found this which suggests adding {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155} to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked, and when I did that I succeeded in removing "Open in Terminal". So it seems like the issue is that the GUID I found online for AMD Software isn't the correct one. I tried finding the correct GUID by searching in the registry and I found several candidates:

  • {4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
  • {73E37D3D-1A2F-11EE-AF0E-806E6F6E6963}
  • {4242B984-6C36-4FC8-8626-DE5E8B11886D}
  • {A2A630D5-036F-4539-BD99-7923AD830433}
  • {FDADFEE3-02D1-4E7C-A511-380F4C98D73B} (I found this one online here, but it's not present anywhere in my registry)

I tried adding each of these to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked, but none of them worked. I also tried finding the GUID in PowerShell as explained here, but I didn't find anything using that method. So I guess one thing that could help me solve my issue would be if I could find the correct GUID somewhere, but I don't know where else to look.

How can I remove this option from the Windows Explorer context menu? Finding the correct GUID to put in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked would probably be helpful in achieving this, but I'm open to other solutions as well.

Donald Duck is with Ukraine
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For me it was this what worked, that I found on this page: https://pupuweb.com/remove-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-context-menu/

Basically add the String with name {6767B3BC-8FF7-11EC-B909-0242AC120002} and value AMDSoftwareAdrenalinEdition to this key: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked

If the key doesn't exist, create it.

Jesús López Ansón
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If you still did not found solution, you want to delete (always export/backup first) this registry folder and you have to do it every time you install/update drivers:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PackagedCom\Package\AdvancedMicroDevicesInc-RSXCM_22.10.0.0_x64__fhmx3h6dzfmvj\Server\1

There are 2 folders within this AMD folder, so to make sure you are deleting context menu folder, there should be string named "DisplayName"="Catalyst Context Menu extension"

Note: In first versions of win11, this was causing "Open in terminal" to disappear as well, but I have not seen this happen for quite some time. The only way to get terminal context menu back was to reinstall AMD drivers.

Crazy Serb
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https://windowsloop.com/how-to-remove-amd-radeon-software-from-context-menu/ remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ACE

Orange Cat
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The new Windows 11 style context menu entries stem from .dll files, which you should be able to find in the installation path of your application, as explained in this related answer.

So, look for a .dll file which has something like ContextMenu or Explorer in its name and rename the file to .old (Make a restore point, and don't delete the .dll until you're sure it doesn't break something). The effect is immediate, so in case you find severel files it's easy to try oit until you find the right one.

1NN
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I used this on Windows 11 after installing the Adrenalin drivers and then removed them after installing the NVidia drivers for my 4090. This only to find the context menu was left behind.

  • Open up an elevated PowerShell session
  • Type
Get-AppxPackage -allusers -Name '*amd*' | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers

It uninstalled the UWP for the Adrenalin software and removed the context menu

MTShipp
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After nothing worked for me, what finally did it was adding an empty string value named {FDADFEE3-02D1-4E7C-A511-380F4C98D73B} to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked. Credit goes to u/Dull-Future-7544.

MaxD
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For me this worked:

  • Copy the GUID from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ACE, for me this was {5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}
  • Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ACE
  • Add the GUID you copied to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked
mat
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To remove this manually, open regedit, go to the folder \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked (you may have to create the Blocked key) then add a string value on the right with the name {6767B3BC-8FF7-11EC-B909-0242AC120002} and the value AMDSoftwareAdrenalinEdition Then restart Explorer.

Add this folder to favorites if you're likely to want to come back and re-enable the menu item when they add the option to only show it on holding shift.

Toto
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Alex Lim
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Give this a try https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html ,find the AMD thing in the list and disable it if it can be done since this program supports windows up to version 10 (might work on 11)

other thing you can try is install https://lockhunter.com/ then right click on the suspected *.dll and choose (what is locking this file) witch you think is adding this item to context menu and look in the list that pops up for Explorer.exe,make sure that is indeed the *.dll then unlock it (explorer will likely crash,just restart it and delete that *.dll) and before you do any of that make a backup just in case.

Edit: Some users report success with this program https://www.sordum.org/7615/easy-context-menu-v1-6/

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/edit-remove-from-the-desktop-context-menu-amd-adrenalin.7923/post-262326

and if you are feeling adventurous...try this

Try the following approach:

Launch the Registy Editor: regedit
Navigate to the following path, create the ‘Blocked’ key if absent \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked
Right-click and select: New > String Value
Name it as: {6767B3BC-8FF7-11EC-B909-0242AC120002}
Set its value to: AMDSoftwareAdrenalinEdition
Restart Windows Explorer.

https://windowsloop.com/how-to-remove-amd-radeon-software-from-context-menu/

dtoxic
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