Makes Windows 11 feel more familiar if you are coming from Windows 10 or 7. How to Undo the Change
Press and select Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin) .
By creating this specific, empty key, you are telling Windows 11 to revert to the legacy context menu format used by Windows 10, effectively bypassing the "Show more options" layer. Step-by-Step Guide: How to Apply the Fix Press the Windows Key , type cmd .
Since this change is made under HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU), it only affects your specific user profile and does not require modifying system-wide files, making it a relatively safe and reversible "tweak."
After running these steps, the next time you right-click on your desktop or a file, you should see the classic, full Windows 10-style context menu.
Type and press Enter (Accept the User Account Control prompt if it appears).
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2\InprocServer32" /f /ve Use code with caution.
Press the , type cmd , and select Run as administrator (though running as a standard user often works since it targets HKCU ). Copy and paste the following command exactly as written:
