To disable this Explorer Hook:
- From the Start menu, search for: regedit
- Right click Registry Editor and click Run as administrator.
- In the Registry Editor, rename the following key:
to:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks\{3CF9ECE0-1A9F-11D2-8C73-00C06C2005DE}
Note the prefix of: _Code: Select all
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks\_{3CF9ECE0-1A9F-11D2-8C73-00C06C2005DE}