Hide 'Give access to' option in the context menu

File ExplorerMaximum Windows Build: 21999Revertible

Hides the 'Give access to' option from the File Explorer context menu.

Code to Apply

Hide 'Give access to' option in the context menuRegistry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UserLibraryFolder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

Code to Revert

Show 'Give access to' option in the context menuRegistry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UserLibraryFolder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]

@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoInplaceSharing"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]

"{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"=-

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