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    Tip: remove the Intel Graphics items from your desktop context menu

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by flynn337, Jan 10, 2010.

  1. flynn337

    flynn337 Notebook Consultant

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    For those of you with Intel graphics....

    You can remove these by just unregistering the Intel graphics shell context menu (igfxcui), and based on this kb article Intel supports that solution since they let you download a .reg file that does it for you:
    http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-003927.htm

    After this is removed, to gain access to the same features go to Control Panel -> view by large icons -> Intel(R) GMA Driver for Mobile


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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm not being funny, but what's so good about that?
     
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  3. H.A.L. 9000

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    Or just right click on the Intel icon on the taskbar.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jan 10, 2010
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  4. Phil

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    Nice tip. Worked easy.

    I like to keep my context menus clean of stuff I hardly use.
     
    Phil, Jan 11, 2010
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    I know right, the more stuff you have on them the longer it takes them to come up.
     
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    Ok.
    Strangely I use that intel graphics stuff a lot :p
     
    moral hazard, Jan 11, 2010
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    Is there a version of this for the NVIDIA control panel option?
     
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    With recent (rel90 or so?) NVIDIA drivers, you can remove the NVIDIA Control Panel entry by launching the NVIDIA Control Panel (either from the windows control panel or, er, the desktop context menu) "View" menu -> uncheck "Add Desktop Context Menu"


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    Someone mentioned the load time of the desktop context menu. If you've removed it then the shell doesn't have to load that extension - it literally loads a dll and runs some code in it every time you load the menu. In some situations on some systems this can take noticeable time. For users who never use it, that's unacceptable.

    See the KB article I posted above - the reason Intel is supporting this solution is for users who have slow desktop context menu load times.
     
    flynn337, Jan 11, 2010
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