Restoring Windows 10 Ribbon on Win 11

Anonymous
2022-09-24T16:38:57+00:00

1 I have just updated my 21H2 to 22H2 where I cannot re-install Windows 10 File explorer Ribbon which was possible earlier with Win 11 21H2. How can I effect this?

or

Are the Copy to, Move to options available on Win 10 still available on Win 11 Pro? If available how can I operate them?

3 A similar case with theVideo playing and Slide show options

I look forward to a full explanation and demonstration regarding these

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-17T20:43:44+00:00

    The following seems to work if you're ok with the new taskbar and don't use "explorer patcher".

    I checked task manager to see the difference between the (hard link) command line for the instance created by the control-panel method, (then closed that instance). Using task manager I ended explorer task which gives a blank screen (except for the task manager). start a new task using that command line and it works. Each instance of file-explorer now has the old ribbon.

    BUT, this also knocks out "explorer patcher" so the task bar reverts to the new style, which is fine if you like the new task bar. Perhaps someone who knows a lot more than me can make use of this info and fix both.

    Method: start taskmanager , end all instances of explorer, run new task with this command line:

    C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.608_none_b3fd0d5042b63bbd\explorer.exe

    I have no idea why this works. The only difference between the way explorer starts is instead of a hard link in the \Windows folder it is starting directly from the WinSxS folder.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-15T20:44:25+00:00

    Try the method listed here to restore the File Explorer ribbon UI.

    This method work fine for me <3

    Thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-15T13:44:33+00:00

    Update – September 2022: Methods in this article do not work in Windows 11 22H2.

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  4. Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-15T13:11:16+00:00

    Ouch! Sorry for that, Steve. It works fine in 10.0.22621.674 perfectly, though. And, thanks for the feedback.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-15T12:15:01+00:00

    This does not work; it actually broke explorer completely for me and I had to revert it back!

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