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How to Get the Classic (old) Context Menu on Windows 11

blog.payperitem.com, April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
Windows 11 new and Old (Classic) context menu

If you want to remove the “Show More Options” entry from Windows 11 Context Menu and restore classic Right Click menus in Windows 11 you can use following registry entries.

Restore full right click context menu in Windows 11 via Registry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32]
@=””

Get the default Windows 11 Context Menu back via Registry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}]

After applying the above registry entries, you need to restart File explorer for the settings to take effect. Alternatively you can use Command Prompt to do the same task.

Restore Classic Context Menu on Windows 11 with Cmd

1. Open Cmd with Administrator privileges
2. Copy and paste the below Code and press enter

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

Restore Default Context Menu on Windows 11 with Cmd

1. Open Cmd with Administrator privileges
2. Copy and paste the below Code and press enter

reg.exe delete “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}” /f

NOTE: Restart the file explorer after the above steps.

If you are looking for a one click solution to Disable or Enable the New Context Menu in Windows 11 instead of dealing with registry entries you can use Win 11 Classic Context Menu v 1.0 Portable freeware Application. It has minimalistic interface Use first Button “Enable Win 11 Classic Context Menu Style” button to disable “Show More Options” from the Right Click Menu in Windows 11

Get the Classic (old) Context Menu on Windows 11

To disable the classic Context Menu in Windows 11 use second button “Enable Win 11 default Context Menu Style”, If you need to restart Windows explorer, software will detect it and warn you

Get the Default Context Menu on Windows 11

Windows 11 Classic Context menu has CMD parameter support. To see all the supported command line parameters , use the Menu – “Command Line Info” Button.

win11 classic context menu cmd parameters

With this Application you can easily toggle between Old Windows 10 Right Click Context Menu and default Windows 11 Context menu.

Supported operating systems: Windows 11

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