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Gisbourne, If you’re still having problems with the context menus after removing the registry key I mentioned above, you could try removing the other context menu handlers (I’ll refer to them as CMHs) WinCDEmu installs. I don’t work for Sysprogs so I can’t say with 100% certainty, but as far as I can tell, the only things that the “Folder” and “Drive” CMH’s do is add “Build an ISO image” item for folders and drives. The * (all files) CMH seems to selectively show items for disc image files that are supported by WinCDEmu (.iso, .img, .nrg, etc). When no image is mounted, it shows “Select drive letter & mount”. If an image is mounted already, it also shows “Mount to an existing virtual drive”. If you can live without those in the context menu it might be worth trying to delete those CMHs. Back up the keys first so you can reload them if something in WinCDEmu doesn’t work the way you expect.
The CMH keys are:
(Folders): HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinCDEmu
(Drives): HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinCDEmu
(all files): HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinCDEmuThe default action associated with supported image files is separate, so you can still mount/unmount by double clicking or right-clicking and saying Open With > WinCDEmu Mounter.
I just started using this program when I switched over to Windows 10 and had the same problem. I don’t know if it’s truly WinCDEmu’s problem or a bug in Windows 10 since other virtual disc programs seem to cause this problem too. Luckily there’s a simple workaround with WinCDEmu. The issue does seem to be with the context menu handler that WinCDEmu adds to folders in File Explorer (as Gisbourne’s post suggests). If you disable that there is no longer a problem with pinned items on jump lists. That context menu handler is responsible for the “Build an ISO image” option that is listed when you right-click a folder, so disabling it will also remove that from your right-click menu that pops up. That’s fine with me.
(OBLIGATORY WARNING) If you aren’t careful, messing with the registry can make your system unusable!! Back up HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinCDEmu registry key before deleting/modifying!
To disable it:
just copy/paste the following lines into a blank .reg file, save it, and double click it.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinCDEmu]
OR, if you are comfortable with modifying the registry and want to do it manually (this is exactly the same as the .reg file above) — run regedit.exe, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers and delete the WinCDEmu key.
