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
    2022-12-05T18:30:31+00:00

    It worked, but you need to restart the computer for the change to take effect.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-05T14:28:01+00:00

    I think you are addressing wrong person.

    Erik is a MVP so as I know, he is not an employee of MS.

    Most of (correct) answers supplied here on answers.microsoft.com are actually answers from people not affiliated with MS in any way.

    Probably it's a MS policy, to cut down costs on employment.

    But your point is correct.

    I am an IT admin.

    I don't want candies.

    I need a tool for work.

    A stable tool.

    A tool which will give me a chance to manage my work fastly.

    And I see that MS started to create desktop systems directed only to people that use browser, facebook, instagram and maybe Office.

    And that is all.

    Starting from Windows 8, MS focused on visibility rather then usability.

    Not to mention multiple problems you can find in Internet, regarding stability on Windows 10/11 which is in this point hilarious.

    And answers.microsoft.com is less helpful than on ie. stackexchange, where you will not find "restart your PC" as a magical resolution to all problems.

    It's probably time to switch desktop to Mac or other Linux as in the end I sticked with Windows 10/11 so I will be able to do my work fast, but if I get an unstable candy like now, the work gets slower and harder.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-26T00:08:21+00:00

    Nope. I've enabled the classic context menu since 21H2, no issues so far. The crash is probably caused by a 3rd party shell extension (e.g., NVIDIA context menu), which needs to be determined.

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