registry location · risk: caution
An Explorer context-menu handler
What lives here
Registers a DLL that adds entries to right-click menus in Explorer.
What changing it does
The registered DLL loads into Explorer. Common for legitimate apps (archivers, editors); a bad one crashes Explorer or spies on file operations.
Risk level: caution. A .reg file from an unknown source touching this location deserves real scrutiny before you merge it.
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