Open with GIMP still in context menu

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  1. Brandonn2010

    Brandonn2010 Registered Member

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    Hello. I couldn't find any solutions on Google. I installed GIMP on my computer over a year ago but removed it. However, for pictures I still have the open with GIMP option in the context menu. I have used CCleaner's registry cleaner but it still remains. Can anyone help?
     
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  2. JRViejo

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    Brandonn2010, perhaps you can use Nirsoft's ShellMenuView to find the GIMP entry and disable it. Make sure you download the x64 version.
     
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  3. Brandonn2010

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    Weird. I used that and couldn't find anything that had GIMP mentioned.
     
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    JRViejo, May 20, 2011
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  5. Brandonn2010

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    Nope still nothing. I might reinstall it then uninstall and see if that fixes it, or at least makes it show up in the viewers.
     
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    Well right now I'm taking a photoshop class, and after reinstalling GIMP, I realized how much GIMP is like it, I think I will keep it for now lol.
     
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    Nothing wrong with that! :cool: Here's GIMP Portable if you want to try it.

    For future reference, the last step would have been to tweak the registry: Remove Programs from the Open With Menu in Explorer (Backing up the Registry is a MUST!). If you are unsure about working with the Registry, don't try it.
     
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    I cannot recall now, I think I had that issue once with either Gimp or VLC. If memory serves, while the app was installed, I went into an option and told it not to use context menu entries, then uninstalled it.

    Sul.
     
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  9. Brandonn2010

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    I will try what you said Sully. After actually tried to edit an image, I remember why I stopped using it; ease of use. Some things that are so simple to do in Paint.NET and Photoshop are hard in GIMP. Oh well, maybe in 5 years it will be different lol.
     
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