mail Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Any of you who have installed Adobe CS4 will know you will get a context menu entry for Adobe CS4 Drive, even if you chose not to install the actual program so effectively the entry is useless. After some googling and experimenting found two ways to remove it. 1. Install & Uninstall Install Adobe CS4 Drive using the installer then uninstall it. This seems to get rid of it. 2. Manual Remove Open Regedit and delete these two entries. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} Hope this helps some people. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersson Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Any of you who have installed Adobe CS4 will know you will get a context menu entry for Adobe CS4 Drive, even if you chose not to install the actual program so effectively the entry is useless. After some googling and experimenting found two ways to remove it.1. Install & Uninstall Install Adobe CS4 Drive using the installer then uninstall it. This seems to get rid of it. 2. Manual Remove Open Regedit and delete these two entries. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} Hope this helps some people. Great! Thank; saved me a lot of research. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590042906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590050288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarLion Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 This will also let you kill it in short order, along with any other explorer extensions you might not want: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590054948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I really hate how it wasn't optional to unselect it during install. :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590258332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaelox Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded: START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" on 64bit Windows: START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" Cheers, phaelox Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590262992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyller Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded:START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" on 64bit Windows: START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" Cheers, phaelox thanks, it also removed the entry in context menu when i click in c: or d: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590263872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinghKing Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 LOL thankz, needed this :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590294728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have installed Adobe CS4, but I don't have any context menu entry's for Adobe CS4 Drive. Maybe you guys missed an option that relates to this while customising your install? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590294762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeparkie Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have installed Adobe CS4, but I don't have any context menu entry's for Adobe CS4 Drive.Maybe you guys missed an option that relates to this while customising your install? Use this one instead regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590295060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMaster Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded:START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" on 64bit Windows: START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" Cheers, phaelox This works perfect while the regedit method does not work (on 64). thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590315212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwhoiam Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 I really hate how it wasn't optional to unselect it during install. :no: That's easy to fix. On the disc, navigate to the payloads folder. In there you will find two folders; AdobePhotoshop11-core and AdobePhotoshop11-core_x64. In each of those folders you will find a file named AdobePhotoshop11-core.proxy.xml and AdobePhotoshop11-core_x64.proxy.xml. Open AdobePhotoshop11-core.proxy.xml (make a backup first) and find the section that begins with <Dependencies>, highlight from <Dependencies> to </Dependencies> and replace with the below changes. <Dependencies> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>Photoshop</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Photoshop CS4 Support</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Drive CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="critical"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Creative Services Infrastructure</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>NonAdobePayload</Family> <ProductName>AdobeAIR1.0</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>NonAdobePayload</Family> <ProductName>AdobeAMP</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeAUM</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Bridge CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetRGB</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorEU CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorJA CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorNA CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorPhotoshop CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Connect</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>Core Tech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Default Language CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>MaD</Family> <ProductName>DeviceCentral</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Extension Manager CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Bridge</Family> <ProductName>AdobeOutputModule</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>PDF Settings CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>SearchForHelp</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Service Manager</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="critical"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Suite Shared Configuration CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorVideoProfilesCS CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe XMP Panels CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>kuler</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="critical"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>ALM CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Shared Technology</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Camera Raw</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeCMaps CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Type Group</Family> <ProductName>Common Fonts Installation</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Linguistics CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobePDFL CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeTypeSupport CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe WinSoft Linguistics Plugin</ProductName> </ProductInfo> </Dependencies> Open AdobePhotoshop11-core_x64.proxy.xml (make a backup first) and find the section that begins with <Dependencies>, highlight from <Dependencies> to </Dependencies> and replace with the below changes. <Dependencies> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>Photoshop</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Photoshop CS4 Support</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Drive CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="critical"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Creative Services Infrastructure</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>NonAdobePayload</Family> <ProductName>AdobeAIR1.0</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>NonAdobePayload</Family> <ProductName>AdobeAMP</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeAUM</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Bridge CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetRGB</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorEU CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorJA CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorNA CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorPhotoshop CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Connect</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>Core Tech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Default Language CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>MaD</Family> <ProductName>DeviceCentral</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Extension Manager CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Bridge</Family> <ProductName>AdobeOutputModule</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>PDF Settings CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>SearchForHelp</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Service Manager</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="critical"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Suite Shared Configuration CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeColorVideoProfilesCS CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe XMP Panels CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>kuler</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="critical"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>ALM x64 CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Shared Technology</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Camera Raw x64</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeCMaps x64 CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CSXS</Family> <ProductName>Creative Services Infrastructure x64</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Creative Suites</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Drive CS4 x64</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>Type Group</Family> <ProductName>Common Fonts Installation x64</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe Linguistics CS4 x64</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobePDFL x64 CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo type="required"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>AdobeTypeSupport x64 CS4</ProductName> </ProductInfo> <ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended"> <Family>CoreTech</Family> <ProductName>Adobe WinSoft Linguistics Plugin x64</ProductName> </ProductInfo> </Dependencies> The next time you need to install, you will be able to uncheck most* of what you don't want or need. * not everything that is set to recommended will be able to be unchecked. 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Skulltrail Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Awesome. I was starting to wonder if Adobe CS4 Drive was worth keeping. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590316066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mail Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Unregistering the dll doesn't seem to work for me on Vista x64 or Win7 x64, as the file path specified doesn't exist. Also I have just found out if you search for {C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} in the registry and delete all entries it should get rid of the entry from everywhere (Y). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590542904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wehavetogoback Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 This is the method posted by Phaelox, modified for Windows 7 beta 64-bit: Just type in Start>Run... regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" \o/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590558630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvader Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 This worked for me Vista Ult X64...Thanks This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded:START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" on 64bit Windows: START -> Run... regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" Cheers, phaelox Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590757162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mail Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Update for win7 RC. Unregistering the dll doesn't work you have to rename the dll or delete it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590901734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMaster Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 indeed it doesn't is there a proper fix other than deleting the dll? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590950590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
craemer Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Update for win7 RC. Unregistering the dll doesn't work you have to rename the dll or delete it. I'm running 64bit seven rc. I can't find the .dll anywhere. It not in either the 64 or 86 program files folders referred to. But when I enter regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" it says successfully unregistered but drive context menu is still present. Any thoughts Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590983322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manish Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 ... search for {C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} in the registry and delete all entries ... Try that. Worked for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-590983356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoploltards Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 LOL thankz, needed this what exactly about this thread is so humorous?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-591115272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VQuick Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Here is what you need to do if you have Windows 7 RC 64- bit (build 7100). None of what people have said worked for me. I realized you need to run the command prompt with administrator privileges for the changes to take effect. 1. Start > All Programs > Accessories > right click Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator 2. Type the following: regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" 3. Click OK and then check by right clicking on a file in a Windows Explorer window. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-591339770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJamesJr Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thanks alot! Deleting the two registry entries worked a charm. (Win7 RC) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-591862152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Here is what you need to do if you have Windows 7 RC 64- bit (build 7100). None of what people have said worked for me. I realized you need to run the command prompt with administrator privileges for the changes to take effect.1. Start > All Programs > Accessories > right click Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator 2. Type the following: regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" 3. Click OK and then check by right clicking on a file in a Windows Explorer window. Thanks, that worked for me. I never could get it to work in Vista though, oddly. I tried everything mentioned in this thread too. That's moot now though. :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-591863346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 This is the method posted by Phaelox, modified for Windows 7 beta 64-bit:Just type in Start>Run... regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll" \o/ Sorry to bump this, but wanted to say thanks. This worked for me. Stupid Adobe. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/#findComment-591941584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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