TortoiseHg without context menu commands

Question

TortoiseHG's context menu entries totally mess up Windows 7 explorer's context menu's appearance, and I can get by fine with the hg command line tools. However Tortoise Overlay icons are must-have for me.

How can I disable TortoiseHg's context menu commands but still have the Tortoise Overlay icons appear in hg repository folders?

Answer 1

You need to remove following Windows registry keys using "regedit.exe" tool. Before removing these, please create backup of registry. And note that I cannot guarantee if you get any problem.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseHgCMenu

Answer 2

Try this command:

regsvr32 /u "C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseHg\\tortoisehg.dll"

To re-enable shell extension:

regsvr32 "C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseHg\\tortoisehg.dll"

Answer 3

I had the same problem, but it appears to be fixed in the latest TortoiseHg - if you still have the issue, try upgrading.