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Published: January 14, 2010 by RKONIT

Remove “Shared Folder Synchronization” from Right-click Context Menu

Microsoft Office 2010 Professional and Professional Plus installs a handy option (Shared Folder Synchronization) to Desktop and Folder’s Context Menu for its Microsoft SharePoint Workspace formally known as “Groove”

If you don’t use Microsoft SharePoint Workspace and like to remove the option without uninstalling Office components.

Shared Folder Synchronization

You can remove it by simply editing a registry sub key.

How To:

1. Run Registry Editor and go to- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D}

2. Now rename or delete the sub key {6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D} I recommend to rename the sub key instead of deletion. For e.g. prefix backup. to sub key or backup.{6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D} it helps to revert the changes easily.

3. Close the Registry Editor and Refresh the Windows Explorer.

Applies To:

  • Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Beta
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus Beta
  • Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise
  • Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate

Last Review: January 14, 2010

Comments

  1. Thunder says

    May 26, 2020 at 9:01 PM

    Thanks Man It Works Perfect….Great Job

    Reply
  2. George says

    August 21, 2013 at 12:29 PM

    Thank you!

    Reply
  3. svanidze says

    June 14, 2013 at 12:20 AM

    Thanks

    Reply
  4. Harsh says

    February 12, 2013 at 7:07 AM

    Thanks

    Reply
  5. Praful Busa says

    January 1, 2013 at 11:54 AM

    Doesn’t work as above..

    Reply
  6. Sergiy Kha says

    November 29, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Thanks!

    Easy & efficient! Cheer up!

    Reply
  7. Morris says

    September 15, 2012 at 3:30 AM

    Thanks, I hate these extra context in my shell, it’s what I looked 4, so nice when U find what U R lookin’ 4

    Reply
  8. lonesoldier says

    September 12, 2012 at 1:57 AM

    great it worked on my Win 7 64 bit

    Reply
  9. Felix says

    June 10, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    Thanks!! 
    Alternative: Delete “XXX Groove …” from “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackgroundshellexContextMenuHandlers”

    Reply
  10. Avalid says

    June 3, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    Thanks!

    Reply
  11. Debjeet says

    May 7, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    Thanks for the tip!

    Reply
  12. User says

    February 29, 2012 at 9:53 PM

    Thanks! Works!

    Reply
  13. jim says

    November 8, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    thx for this

    here’s a quick bat file line for anyone who wants it:

    @echo off
    cls
    reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D} /f

    Reply
  14. Larry says

    October 13, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    Thank you.

    Reply
  15. Jack says

    September 14, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    worked for me too! very easy.

    Reply
  16. Mohan Msk says

    September 11, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    thank u……….

    Reply
  17. Held says

    September 7, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    It’s easier and better to do it like this: regsvr32 /u GROOVEEX.DLL
    Gr,

    Reply
  18. Guest says

    September 6, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    Thanks!

    Reply
  19. Ana_3bs says

    August 24, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    work greet thank you very much

    Reply
  20. mpsays says

    August 13, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Worked Well. Than You…

    Reply
  21. Bmdowney901 says

    August 11, 2011 at 4:38 AM

    how do you revert it please?

    Reply
  22. SoluS says

    April 3, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    Good job
    thank you

    Reply
  23. Eric Duncan says

    February 13, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    If you choose Customize during install, or modify your existing installation, you can Deselect the “Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace” option. The author mentions this above in the post as well.

    Reply
  24. Carlos says

    January 12, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Thank you soooo much !!!!

    Reply
  25. adam says

    January 5, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    Nice. Too bad they can’t include an option to remove this context menu in office.

    Reply
  26. Chaz says

    December 28, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    Hey thanks, hate this extra crap in my context menu.

    Reply
  27. Dr.Shadow says

    November 20, 2010 at 5:23 AM

    Thanks for your help. It’s cool to disable it… I didn’t like Groove in 2007 and this too.
    Now I’ll disable it from the autostart…

    Reply
  28. Freddy says

    November 15, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    Worked perfectly!

    Reply
  29. john says

    September 24, 2010 at 9:16 PM

    mad GOOD! is just the perfect tip i was looking for.

    thanx homie!

    Reply
  30. Craig Nykamp says

    September 9, 2010 at 11:54 PM

    Cheers

    Reply
  31. wormy says

    September 1, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    WOW! Thanx for your tip

    Reply
  32. Ahmed says

    July 29, 2010 at 2:44 AM

    Thanks
    That`s what I`m was lookin` for

    Reply
  33. Jason says

    May 29, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    No need to muck with the registry. Just unregister the DLL. The DLL in question is called grooveex.dll. It is used for Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Extensions.

    run this for 64-bit OS:
    regsvr32 /u “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL”
    run this for 32-bit OS:
    regsvr32 /u “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL”

    If you want to add it back in then:
    64-bit OS:
    regsvr32 “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL”
    32-bit OS:
    regsvr32 “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL”

    Much cleaner.

    Reply
    • Mahesh says

      March 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM

      regsvr32 /u “c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveShellExtensions.dll”
      worked on my XP to get rid of the icon on explorer too.
      thnx Jason!

  34. VIVEK R says

    May 15, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    Thanks a lot man. It Works!

    Reply
  35. Ivan says

    May 3, 2010 at 4:56 PM

    Thanks a lot!!! It’s great!!!!

    Reply
  36. Victor says

    April 17, 2010 at 9:32 PM

    Thanks… 100% working !

    Reply
  37. Matthew W says

    February 25, 2010 at 6:03 AM

    Thanks a lot. I was getting so annoyed w/ that. I wanted it gone, and I hate how programs..etc will put right click context on your right click. So thanks for this information on this fix. ;D

    Reply
  38. Sean C says

    January 24, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Perfect instructions, thanks!

    Reply
    • Paulo G. says

      November 8, 2010 at 7:46 AM

      very nice!

      Thankx!

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