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How can I disable the Right mouse button?

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A. For those systems running with Service Pack 2 or above, it is possible to disable the context menu as follows:

  1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
  2. Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
  3. From the Edit menu, select New - DWord Value
  4. Enter the name NoViewContextMenu and press enter
  5. Double click the new value and set the value to 1 and click OK
  6. Close the registry editor
  7. Logout and Login again

To remove this, just delete the value NoViewContextMenu and logout and login again (or set it to 0)


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Reader Comments
The right mouse button is disabled but not in other programs such as word or excel. Is it possible to disable to disable the right mouse button all over your PC

Pieter Vanhove May 08, 2001


how can i disable the right button of my mouse,and how can i disabled the toolbar of my internet explorer like the standard button, address bar, links and radio

pls. send the answer and more power to our program.
tanx u

john paul June 01, 2004


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