Remove Cast To Device From Context Menu – Windows 10

The Cast to Device is a feature to stream from your PC or tablet to a Miracast or DLNA technology supported device. If don’t use the cast to device option we can get rid of it. Here is How:

1. Click on Start then type regedit from the results click it to run it.

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2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions.

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3. Then right click on Shell Extensions key and click on New>Key.

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4. Name the new key folder to Blocked.

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5. Now open the blocked key folder and in an empty space right click and click on New>String and name it as : {7AD84985-87B4-4a16-BE58-8B72A5B390F7}.

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6. Then double click on your new string value and change the value data to Play to menu.

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7. Then restart your PC and you will see the change.

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If you want to restore it , just go to the key you have created earlier and delete the string key and restart your pc.

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Miguel

I started this tech blog back in 2011 as a place to write down processes I took to fix my client systems and network. Now I write some tips and tricks to help others with the tech issues that one might encounter.

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