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[Novice Friendly] How to Change to Show All Options in the Right-Click Menu on Windows 11
Windows' latest update has brought a brand-new UI and other new features to the operating system. However, many users have reported that the right-click menu in Windows 11 displays too few options. Every time they need to click "Show more options" to find the items they need. So, how can this problem be solved? This article will teach you two ways to revert your right-click menu to display all options like in Windows 10. This will make using your Windows 11 computer more convenient. Even if you're a beginner, you can follow my article to complete these simple steps. Just give yourself a try!
This way may require you to run the registry editor on your computer and set up some key and value in it. If you don't want to do this. click here to check the second methord, it's more easy and novice friendly. So next I will show you how to set up in your regedit.
When it comes to modifying the registry, no one can guarantee that errors won't occur after the changes. So, to be safe, it's best to back up your registry data first. This backup might also come in handy later.
Press
Put your mouse on the 'file' button on the top and click the export button to back up your regedit data.
In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\
Right-click on the CLSID folder, select "New" -> "Key".
Name the new key with the following name:
{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}
Right-click on the newly created key {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}, select "New" -> "Key". And name the new subkey with the following name.
InprocServer32(Pay attention to case sensitivity)
Select the InprocServer32 subkey, then double-click on the (Default) value in the right pane.
Ensure its value is set to an empty string and click "OK".
Restart your computer or open Task Manager (
Now you will find out the right-click menu will be like the picture below and congraulate! You are done.
If you're not familiar with registry operations or are worried about making mistakes, you can use some third-party tools to simplify the process. For example, you can use WinAero Tweaker, which provides a simple interface to switch to the classic right-click menu style.
WinAero Tweaker is a free system tweaking tool. You can click here to download and install this app.
Open WinAero Tweaker.
Navigate to the Windows 11 section and select Classic Full Context Menus.
Apply the changes.
Restart your computer or File Explorer to apply the changes.
So if you want to change it back to Windows 11, just undo those changes above or import the old registry file you back-up before in registry editor. If you want to revert the changes after making them, you can have a try if you want "go back".
Both methods mentioned above can help you revert the right-click menu in Windows 11 back to the Windows 10 style. You can choose one of them to achieve your goal, That's all.
