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Remove Google Sheets, Docs, Slides entries from "New" context menu
- I think I solved that issue: Within the registry HKEY_CLASSES delete the ShellNew subkeys of .gdoc, .gsheet, .gslides.
In case you installed Google products in your Windows, you may uninstall it from App menu in Settings.
I know all that. I'm afraid you misunderstood my issue. It has nothing to do with my smartphone. I mentioned that only for explaining why I have to use Google Photos and hence Google Drive. Let aside Google Drive and Chrome I have no Google Apps on my PC. I do not use Chrome, but Edge. Maybe I should uninstall Chrome?
My issue is: How to get rid of those Goggle Docs, Sheet, Slides entries in the Windows context menu?
From what I have read, Google drive checks constantly to see if the ShellNew is in the registry and pointed to itself constantly... like every few seconds. I delete them, check... and one has already been recreated.
It's my computer, not Google's. Apparently, there is no way to stop it, as even on StackOverflow it's not working!
My solution... delete Google Drive and go to something a bit less evil (OneDrive, DropBox, or make your own private cloud drive... Network Chuck has a full documentation for doing it on Docker, which can be on some NAS units on YouTube).You saved me so much time
- Would you mind take a screenshot and reply to this post and paste them?
Are you able to right click and delete them?- Deleting the keys from the registry or using a 3rd party context menu editor only works temporarily as the GoogleDriveFS.exe file recreates the registry keys within a minute. G'Dam Google!
