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
    2022-12-30T14:17:41+00:00

    Good job, scoop!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-05T01:07:27+00:00

    This did NOT work. When I ran the registry entry from command prompt, it didn't even show up.
    Manually adding it resulted in no discernible change.

    Perhaps it is the latest update, but definitely is not working for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-13T06:55:20+00:00

    a travesty! dumbing down the whole system

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