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Windows 11 - Activate classic context menu
Short tip for those who are annoyed by the new context menu under Windows 11. But there is a hack to define the classic menu as the default.
Quickly activate the classic menu via Powershell for the current user:
or as an alternative method via *.reg file with a followed log off / log in or by restarting the explorer instance.
It is important that the "(default)" value is really set to an empty string, if the value is set to "(value not set)" then the trick will not work.
To revert to the modern menu just remove the created entries and log off or restart explorer.
Regards @colinardo
Quickly activate the classic menu via Powershell for the current user:
(New-Item 'HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32' -Force).SetValue('','')
kill -Name explorer
start explorerWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32]
@=""It is important that the "(default)" value is really set to an empty string, if the value is set to "(value not set)" then the trick will not work.
To revert to the modern menu just remove the created entries and log off or restart explorer.
Regards @colinardo
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Printed on: March 27, 2023 at 20:03 o'clock
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Seems not to work, i still got the "show more options" after using this trick and 7-zip does only show when clicking show more options
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Seems not to work, i still got the "show more options" after using this trick and 7-zip does only show when clicking show more options
Works still like a charm with the latest W11 Release please read the important note above:Seems not to work, i still got the "show more options" after using this trick and 7-zip does only show when clicking show more options
It is important that the "(default)" value is really set to an empty string, if the value is set to "(value not set)" then the trick will not work.
You also have to restart the current explorer process.
Every W11 instance i tried works if you exactly follow the above procedure.
Regards
@colinado
So? Whats wrong with my entry? Did the powershell-way.
Uups there was a backslash missing behind the string "Software" in the reg path, sorry corrected above.
'HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32'
'HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32'
Yerp, now it works 
