Windows 11 context menu SUCKS – here’s how to fix it.

The new Windows 11 context menu is oversimplified, isn’t it? This is the perfect solution for you. We will bring back the old context menu back.

Method 1 (recommended):

Right click on the Windows icon at the bottom left and press “Windows Powershell (Admin)” and type

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

Done!

Method 2:

Press Start and search for “Registry Editor” and press “Run as Administrator”.

Press “Computer” at the top and erase it and type HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32.

You may get an error stating that the folder is not found. In that case, open HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} without InprocServer32. Create a new key by right-clicking on the empty space and click “New key”. Call it InprocServer32.

If you also do not have HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}, right-click on CLSID and New > New Key called {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} and then in it New > New key called InprocServer32.

Double-click on the first value and make sure that it is set to nothing.

NOTE: Do not set any value to 0. If you see nothing, there might be data in it. To erase it, right-click on the first item and click on “Delete”.

Final steps (FOR BOTH METHODS): Right-click on the Windows icon at the bottom left and click on “Windows PowerShell (Admin)” and type “taskkill /f /im explorer.exe” then type “explorer.exe”

Done! You now have your old context menu back.