{"id":17299,"date":"2021-11-12T02:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17299"},"modified":"2023-12-06T02:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T02:38:24","slug":"restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restore Old Right-click Context Menu in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I get back the classic full context menu in Windows 11? Windows 11 comes with a new context menu which is drastically simplified. It hides the less frequently used functionalities under a sub-menu named “Show more options<\/strong>“. If you’re already accustomed to the old context menu, you can bring it back easily. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to restore the old right-click context menu in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

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Updated:<\/strong> Starting with Windows 11 build 22572, you can now hold down the Shift<\/strong> key while you right-click anywhere in File Explorer, it will directly bring up the classic context menu.<\/p>\n

How to Restore Old Right-click Context Menu in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Right-click on the Start<\/strong> button in the taskbar, and then select “Windows Terminal (Admin)<\/strong>“.\n

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  2. Copy the following command and paste it in the Terminal window, and then press Enter.
    \nreg.exe add \"HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\\InprocServer32\" \/f \/ve<\/code><\/p>\n

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  3. Close Windows Terminal. Log out of your account and log back in, you’ll find that the old right-click context menu is back, which displays the full list of options directly.\n

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    \tWhenever you prefer to enable the new right-click context menu again, just open Windows Terminal and run this command:
    \nreg.exe delete \"HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\" \/f<\/code>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How can I get back the classic full context menu in Windows 11? Windows 11 comes with a new context menu which is drastically simplified. It hides the less frequently used functionalities under a sub-menu named “Show more options“. If you’re already accustomed to the old context menu, you can bring it back easily. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4728,4729],"class_list":["post-17299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-get-old-right-click-context-menu-windows-11","tag-windows-11-new-right-click-context-menu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17299"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20285,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17299\/revisions\/20285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}