How to Remove AVG 2014’s File Shredder options from Windows Context menu. With AVG 2014, AVG Technologies has introduced File Shredder feature, you can see its option on File and folder context menus in Windows. Selecting this option permanently and securely deletes the file from hard drive and it can not be recovered by using advanced recovery tools.
You can notice Permanently shred with AVG option on file context menu and “Shred content with AVG”on Recycle Bin’s right-click Menu. If you neither want to use AVG Shredder nor want these options to appear on context menu, you can easily remove them.
Read: Download AVG Antivirus Free 2014 [Offline Installer]
How to Use AVG’s File Shredder?
To Shred a file with AVG, right click on a file and select “Permanently shred with AVG” , warning dialog appears on screen with message” Shredding will securely delete the file to make recovery impossible”, click on Shred it button to delete it.
Similarly, you can also Shred Recycle Bin contents by selecting “Shred content with AVG” option.
Removing “Permanently Shred with AVG” and “Shred content with AVG” options from Context Menu
1. Open Command prompt as administrator, you can simply use cmd in Run dialog for this. Read: command prompt tips and tricks.
2. Type the following command and press enter
For 32-bit : regsvr32 /u “C:Program FilesAVGAVG2014avgse.dll”
For 64-bit: regsvr32 /u “C:Program Files(x86)AVGAVG2014avgse.dll”
3. Dialog appears on the screen confirms avgse.dll file, AVG Shell Extension which is responsible for these on context menu has been successfully unregistered.
4. That’s it! AVG’s Shred options have been removed from Context menu, which you can check and confirm.
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