How to unregister KES from context menu of Explorer [KES for Windows]

[Igor Akhmetov]

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This article is about Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows (KES for Windows)

Sometimes it is required to unregister KES from context menu of Explorer. Follow these steps:

1. Disable self-defense of KES;
2. Open CMD shell as admin;

3. Run commands:

   regsvr32 /u C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows\x64\shellex.dll   regsvr32 /u C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows\shellex.dll

4. Process troubleshooting.

To re-enable it, run in admin CMD:

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows\x64\shellex.dll"   regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows\shellex.dll"