{"id":22620,"date":"2021-12-08T08:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=22620"},"modified":"2021-12-08T08:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:45:43","slug":"how-to-enable-the-windows-10-right-click-context-menu-on-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-enable-the-windows-10-right-click-context-menu-on-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable the Windows 10 Right-Click Context Menu on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">How to Enable the Windows 10 Right-Click Context Menu on Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Windows 11 has a compact context menu that is intended to create a less cluttered menu. The only problem is, to get to the rest of the menu you have to click &#8220;Show more options&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Here&#8217;s the Windows 11 context menu&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/win11-context1.png\" alt=\"Windows 11 Context Menu - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"412\" height=\"543\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you would like to bring back the full Windows 10 context menu you can do so with a simple registry edit&#8230;we&#8217;ve even created the .reg file for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But first, create a restore point before editing the registry.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Type RESTORE in taskbar search and click press Enter when you see &#8220;Create a restore point&#8221;. Restore points automatically append the date, so just give it a name that you&#8217;ll recognize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Let&#8217;s bring back the old Windows 10 context menu on Windows 11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/downloads\/public\/Win10contextmenu.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Download this zip file from our server<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2. Unzip the file and double-click on the .reg file inside called Win10contextmenu.reg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3. Override the UAC warning and the registry editor warnings&#8230;and allow the change to the Windows registry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">4. Restart your computer and the old right-click menu should be back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/context10win11.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Context Menu on Windows 11 - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"481\" height=\"993\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you decide you want to go back to the Windows 11 context menu, follow the instructions below.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Open the Registry Editor (Right-click on the Start button, click Run, type REGEDIT in the Run box, and press Enter).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When the Registry Editor opens navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID, and delete the key named {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Restart your computer and the default Windows 11 right-click menu will be back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Enable the Windows 10 Right-Click Context Menu on Windows 11 Windows 11 has a compact context menu that is intended to create a less cluttered menu. The only problem is, to get to the rest of the menu you have to click &#8220;Show more options&#8221;. 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