{"id":19513,"date":"2023-02-24T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=19513"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:34:25","slug":"fix-classic-file-explorer-ribbon-missing-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/fix-classic-file-explorer-ribbon-missing-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Classic File Explorer Ribbon Missing in Windows 11 22H2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The classic File Explorer ribbon is missing in Windows 11? Starting with Windows 11 22H2, we’re unable to bring back the classic ribbon with a registry tweak<\/a> any longer. But there are still other ways to launch File Explorer with classic ribbon in Windows 11 22H2.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Using Control Panel to Open Classic File Explorer with Ribbon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Control Panel<\/a> in the Category<\/strong> view, and then click the up arrow to the left of the address bar.\n

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  2. It will launch File Explorer to the desktop with classic ribbon.\n

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    Method 2: Create a Batch to Open Classic File Explorer with Ribbon<\/strong><\/p>\n

    If you need to access the classic File Explorer ribbon frequently, you can create a batch file to automatically perform the steps described in the above method.<\/p>\n

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    1. Simply open the Notepad app or other text editor, copy-paste the following commands, and then click the File<\/strong> menu and choose Save<\/strong>.\n

      powershell.exe -nop -ep bypass -c \"& {\"Start-Process \\\"Control\\\"; $wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $null = $wshell.AppActivate(\\\"Control Panel\\\"); Start-Sleep 0.8; $wshell.SendKeys(\"'\"\"^\"lThis PC~\"'\")}\"<\/code><\/p>\n

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    2. The Save As dialog box will appear. Use the Save as type<\/strong> drop-down menu to choose All files (*.*)<\/strong>, then type in a file name ending with .bat<\/code> extension, click Save<\/strong>.\n

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    3. Now you can double-click the batch file you just created to open classic File Explorer with ribbon quickly.\n

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

      The classic File Explorer ribbon is missing in Windows 11? Starting with Windows 11 22H2, we’re unable to bring back the classic ribbon with a registry tweak any longer. But there are still other ways to launch File Explorer with classic ribbon in Windows 11 22H2. Method 1: Using Control Panel to Open Classic File […]<\/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":[5115,5116],"class_list":["post-19513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-classic-file-explorer-ribbon-missing-windows-11","tag-file-explorer-classic-ribbon-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19513","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=19513"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19531,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19513\/revisions\/19531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}