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
    2023-02-08T20:25:53+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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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-01T18:26:22+00:00

    Thanks for posting this question. I just migrated to win 11 from win 10 and nearly had a migraine when I was not presented with the familiar selection menu. While the "Show more options" is useful "shift and Right mouse is handier. The icons on the bottom row are also helpful.

    Leon

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-27T21:58:19+00:00

    That's absolute rubbish. You added several extra steps for me when doing file maintenance or anything remotely productive.

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