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Restore old Right-click menu in Windows 11

Restore the old Context Menu in Windows 11

  1. Right-click the Start button and choose Windows Terminal.
  2. Copy the command from below, paste it into the Windows Terminal Window, and press Enter.

    C:\> reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
  3. Restart File Explorer or your computer for the changes to take effect.

Restore Modern Context menus in Windows 11

To undo this change, in a Terminal Window, execute this command:

  1. Copy the command from below, paste it into the Windows Terminal Window, and press Enter.

    C:\> reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
  2. Restart the File Explorer or Computer for the changes to take effect.

These steps can help you to enable the old context menu in Windows 11.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/answers/questions/2287432/(article)-restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in