HoppaLong Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 XP Pro_SP3 You can edit the Registry or use an app to add or subtract Context Menu items. That's not what I need to do. Delete is located above Rename on my Context Menu. I don't know why this is happening to me, but I've clicked on Delete instead of Rename several times. There is no Undo Delete command with a flash drive. Your only option is to use an app like Recuva. The file recovery apps I've tried dredge up so many junk files they're a nightmare to use. If I could remember all the time (which is impossible) I would use keyboard shortcuts instead of a mouse with flash drives. I want to move Delete to the bottom of the Context Menu, walled off from all the other items with a separator line. I don't know how to do this with a Registry hack. I'm hoping there is an app that can do the job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathwiz Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 For Rename, I usually just slow-double-click the file name, which eliminates the chance of accidentally clicking Delete, but I too would like to know if the context menu could be changed. I suppose you could add your own Delete to HKCR/*/Shell, but you'd still need to remove the system-provided Delete. From a UI standpoint it didn't make sense for Microsoft to put a destructive operation between two non-destructive ones (Create Shortcut and Rename). Even with confirmation, there's too much chance of deleting something unintended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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