For image files, the entry Edit with Photos option appears in the right-click menu. This article tells you how to remove Edit with Photos from the right-click menu.
Remove Edit with Photos right-click menu option
Method 1: Using the Registry Editor
To remove “Edit with Photos” from the context menu, use this registry edit:
- In the Registry Editor window, go to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
- Create a subkey named “Blocked” if it doesn’t already exist.
- With the “Blocked” key selected, create a string value (REG_SZ) named
{BFE0E2A4-C70C-4AD7-AC3D-10D1ECEBB5B4}
- Exit the Registry Editor.
- Log off and log back in for the change to take effect.
Edit with Photos entry should now be gone.
Method 2: Using command-line
To remove Edit with Photos using command-line, open a Command Prompt window and run this command:
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" /v {BFE0E2A4-C70C-4AD7-AC3D-10D1ECEBB5B4} /f
Log off and login back in for the changes to take effect.
To reverse the above setting (i.e., to add “Edit with Photos” back), run this command:
reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" /v {BFE0E2A4-C70C-4AD7-AC3D-10D1ECEBB5B4} /f
Log off and login back in for the changes to take effect.
(Last tested with the Photos app version 2024.11100.16009.0.)
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Worked like a charm in Windows 10. Thanks bro, your blog has some very useful tweaks, specially this one and the exe to register Firefox Portable as Default. Thanks a lot.
Thank you! Solution works great. Also, your solution solved another problem. I’ve been looking for a way to delete the “setaswallpaper” command and this works too! Double win!!