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
    2022-10-21T14:13:30+00:00

    Has anyone not tryed using Startallback program which you can download online & no editing has to be done.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-20T08:29:49+00:00

    Well discovered Freddy.

    However, to Microsoft. This shouldn't be necessary. The current update to Explorer, increasing sub-menus and removing useful functions has severely reduced functionality. What on earth were the thinking.

    I totally agree with mtn_grrrl, excellent coment

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-20T06:09:47+00:00

    Great teamwork Ramesh!

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  4. Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-20T04:30:59+00:00

    Hi Freddy, Awesome findings. Pls check out Option 2 on the article page.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-20T00:06:10+00:00

    For those who really want the old ribbon..

    create a batch file in notepad something like this:

    c:

    cd c:\windows

    taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

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

    exit 0

    Save to the desktop or wherever.

    Create another one replacing the long command with:

    start "" C:\Windows\explorer.exe

    Save as "Exporg.bat" or whatever you like.

    The first batch will end explorer and open it again only now the ribbon will appear in all instances when you open them.

    The second batch will do the same in reverse, restoring the new ribbon. You can add the first batch to the "startup" folder and it works fine. Classic Shell works fine with both. The only downside for me is that "explorer patcher" gets kicked out with the old ribbon which means there is no context menu on the taskbar on right-click. But it is easy enough to swap back and forth using the batch files.

    It's clunky but works for now!

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