Thursday, January 25, 2024

Restore old Right-click Context menu in Windows 11

Restore old Right-click Context menu in Windows 11

Restore the old Context Menu in Windows 11 

Right-click the Start button and choose Windows Terminal.

Copy the command from below, paste it into Windows Terminal Window, and press enter.

reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

Restart File Explorer or your computer for the changes to take effect.


You would see the Legacy Right Click Context menu by default.

Restore Modern Context menus in Windows 11 

To undo this change, in a Terminal Window, execute this command:

reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
Restart the File Explorer or Computer for the changes to take effect.