How to Get Full Context Menu in Windows 11

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to get the full context menu in Windows 11 like the one we had in Windows 10. So, in Windows 11, when you right-click on a folder or file, you get a short menu without too many options.

Reg edit location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\

First key: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}

Second key: InprocServer32

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0:00 Full Context Menu Windows 11 Intro 0:37 Registry Editor Method 2:19 Winaero Tweaker

There is the option to click on Show more options which brings you back to the old menu. There are a few ways to get the old menu back without having to click on Show more options. We can do this by adjusting the setting in the registry editor, or we can use a third-party application.

We start with the editor method. Click on the Windows search icon and type in registry editor. Click on it.

Here you need to navigate to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\

Next, we need to create a new Registry Key in CLSID. To create the key, select CLSID followed by right-clicking on it. Select new - Key and give it the following name: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}

In this newly created key, we need to create another key. Right-click on it, Select new - Key, and name it InprocServer32.

Here you need to click on the Default key in the right window pane. The value needs to be set to blank. Click on Ok to confirm and value not set should disappear.

In the last step, you need to reboot your PC or restart the Windows explorer process. To do this, right-click on the Windows 11 icon and select Task Manager.

Scroll down until you reach Windows Explorer. Select it followed by clicking on restart. After doing this, you should have the old context menu from Windows 10. If you want to change it back to the menu of Windows 11, you have to delete the IInprocServer32 key in the registry editor.

Depending on your version of Windows 11, it might be that this method doesn’t work. If so, continue on to the second method, where we change the context menu using an application.

Winaero Tweaker

The second method, hopefully works for all versions of Windows 11. In this one, we are going to download Winaero Tweaker which is a software program that specializes in finetuning Windows settings and features.

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Once the download is complete, you should have a small zip file. Open it and then double-click on setup.exe.

You can choose to install the app in normal mode or portable mode. Both options are fine. Click on next to continue. After that, you need to accept the license agreement.

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