Windows 11 right click explorer menu - Show More as Default

Anonymous
2022-08-10T17:02:09+00:00

Hello!

I cannot stand the new drop down when I right click on a file. Could you please update windows 11 so we can set the show more option as the default?

Thank you!

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Anonymous
2022-08-10T17:53:47+00:00

Hi Brie,

You can use a small registry hack to revert to the classic context menu if you're not fond of Windows 11's fast context menu.

  1. Open a Command Prompt window.
  2. Type the following command line and press Enter: 
     reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f

See also: Get Back Classic (Full) Context Menu in Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-30T19:41:37+00:00

    i agree, this is annoying!!!!

    i am wasting more time now clicking on more options than before.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-16T07:28:08+00:00

    Erik, I know this isn't your fault, but just in case Microsoft actually cares about making a good product.....
    Hey Microsoft stop making every update worse by removing useful things and replacing them with worthless more complicated, and less customizeable options. If you want to have an operating system for people that don't want to do anything but get on instatwitbook then go for it and release it as windows for dummies, but stop taking away functionality and customization.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-08T20:25:53+00:00

    Agreed with the original post. This should at least be an adjustable UI option. As an enterprise user that has to use "more options" every day multiple times a day, this adds a surprising amount of difficulty to tasks that used to be easy. That, by definition, is not good UI design. Please let us at least pick our poison. Thank you!

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