To speed this process up, you will need to remove context menu entries from your Windows registry. You can either choose to do this manually by heading into your Windows registry and individually disabling the many entries and processes (which is a painstakingly slow process) or you can opt to use Nirsoft’s freeware ShellExView (which we recommend) to get the same work done in a fraction of the time and without the hassle of heading into a complex registry or the risk of accidentally disabling some other integral process.
A Step-By-Step Guide To Using ShellExView For Disabling Third-Party Extensions
To use ShellExView for the speeding up of your Windows context menu, you will first need to download and install the application. ShellExView, a NirSoft freeware application tool, can be downloaded from this link. Ensure that your system meets the requirements as stipulated on the ShellExView page and then scroll to the bottom to download the freeware. You can either download and extract ShellExView from a zip file or you can download and install an executable file which will come with uninstallation support. We recommend doing the latter as that better sits in your system for fluid uninstallation. Using zip files and moving the extracted contents into your C drive directories can be a lot of manual work which will require the same amount of manual work if and when you choose to remove the application.
Final Thoughts
A common extension that causes the windows context menu load up time to slow down is the Google Drive “GDContextMenu Class” extension. Many users have reported this particular extension to be the troublemaker in their systems so it would be a good idea to try disabling this extension first before heading into the trial and error approach. It may well resolve the issue directly. If it does not, then you can carry on with the trial and error approach disclosed above. It will not usually take more than one extension to be disabled for your context menu to speed up so once your find the singular culprit and disable it, you can lay your efforts to rest. Your Windows context menu will now load up almost instantly and you won’t have to sit in front of a hung or frozen screen each time you attempt to access the context menu.
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