Recently we posted a detailed tutorial to hack Windows 7 Desktop context menu:
Hacking "Screen Resolution", "Gadgets" and "Personalize" Options
Here is another small tutorial to remove "Next Desktop Background" option from Desktop context menu which appears when you use Desktop SlideShow feature which allows you to run a SlideShow of selected wallpapers.
Personally I don't like this extra option because it makes the whole context menu a bit large which doesn't look good. So here are the steps to remove it:
1. Type regedit in RUN or startmenu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
3. This key contains a sub-key "DesktopSlideshow".
4. Delete it and the option will be removed from Desktop context menu.
PS: If you want a ready-made registry script to do the task automatically, download following ZIP file, extract it and run "Remove Next Desktop Background Option.reg" file to remove the option. There is also a "Restore. reg" file to restore the option.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Windows 7.
If you enjoyed this article, you can subscribe to our RSS feed or free newsletter to get all new articles directly in your Inbox. Also check out our most popular articles and archive to read other interesting articles. If you have some news or tip to share, please send us.
3abboud
Hi,
Thank you for this tutorial :) But what I need to do is changing the text "Next Desktop Background", I want to translate it into french because in french 7 C it's not translated, so how can I do this?
Thanking you in advance.
VG
^^ Thats not possible because the registry key only contains the reference to a CLSID which is hardcoded in the shell.
3abboud
Ok thanks, that's what I thought also.
Yours.
Uewd
Can I make a desktop shortcut with the same function?
VG
^^ You'll need to create a program for it. I dont have much idea about it.
Ashish gupta
Hey VG my desktop wallpaper slideshow isn't working pls help me.....