Disable Windows 11 file context menu.

Question

Hi, I'm a developer working on a security software, and I was wondering if I could get help with the new menu in windows 11.

It seems like windows 11 got a new menu on individual item's context menu from the taskbar.

Window 10 only had "Open", "Pin", "remove from list", and "Property" but it seems like "Print" and "Edit" got added to these lists.

I was wondering what API I need to use to access/modify/disable these menu items.

thanks!

Answer 1

Hi there,

The options which you have stated are only for certain file types like PPT, word, etc and it is not applicable to all apps in the Start.

You can disable the new context menu in Windows 11 with registry settings.

1. Open Run dialog by pressing Win +R
2. Copy and paste the below and press enter
   reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
3. Click on the Task Manager icon on the taskbar, find Windows Explorer, and restart it.

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