What is "Ticino" in my Windows 7 Explorer context menu?

Question

I noticed today that I have a new Explorer context menu item called "Ticino" when I right-click a file on Windows 7. What is it?

Solution

The "Ticino" item is added to the Windows Explorer context menu by early versions of Visual Studio Code Preview. It opens the selected file in Code for editing.

Previous versions of Code did not remove the item properly during uninstallation. According to the Code FAQ Microsoft fixed the issue as of version 0.3.0.

Q: I uninstalled Visual Studio Code on my Windows machine. Why do I still see Code in my Windows Explorer context menu?

A: We fixed this in VS Code 0.3.0.

Previously you may have needed to manually remove the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ticino
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\Ticino
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell\Ticino
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\directory\background\shell\Ticino

Comments

[Admin]

Why do you suggest to delete the keys ? The user may need this program, and he didn't requested to get rid of this at all ! He just asked what this context menu item was !

[cnd]

it brings some HATE!

[Matt Canty]

I downloaded, installed and uninstalled the latest version of VS Code and it is STILL there...

[Matt Canty]

I removed this and it's gone: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\directory\background\shel‌​l\Ticino

[Admin]

I came here via Google looking at how to remove it, so this is a useful answer.

[Colonel Panic]

@MattCanty This is obviously some strange usage of the word "fixed" that I wasn't previously aware of. As I'd have it, fixed would mean "we've cleaned up the mess we left behind" not just "we've stopped making more mess". My mother would agree.

[tiaga]

@MattCanty Your comment should be the answer! Your comment worked for me.