Windows 11's Right Click Context Menu has got to go.

Hello, this is Emily.

I echo you, having a toggle would have been nice from Settings.

For now, to show those options by default will have to go through registry.

You can run your Command Prompt in admin mode, then run this command:

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

Then restart the Explorer or Windows.

That should disable the "show more options" and give you the full list.

This is the most terrible, stupid, and annoying thing Microsoft has ever designed into a UI.

They've completely abandoned us power users here, and even normal users.

Get rid of that stupid 'Show more Options' button and give us everything relevant to the element we're right clicking at the start, or give us an option to toggle it off so everyone gets the best of both worlds.

Having to use third party tools to hack up the UI to bring back the Windows 10 context menu is an atrocious bandaid many have been applying to fix this.

What would be even more amazing, which baffles me isn't an easily accessable thing, is the option to EDIT your right click context menu, and to uninstall / disable things that some programs attach to it.

Come on Microsoft.. at this rate, Windows 12 will be the curse of the computing world.

I agree with all of the above!!!!

I have that registry setting configured, but I still get the garbage Windows 11 context menus. I am on:

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631

I just hold down shift while right clicking to get to the "real" menu

Here is a decent replacement right click menu.

Replace the Windows 11 Right Click Context Menu with Shell Menu

For all those who were not able to get this done using the two solutions provided in this thread, I will post what worked for me.

I had to create two registry entries, they are per-user, not machine-wide. Using notepad or notepad++, create a file containing this text:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

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

@="" 

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

@=""

and save as a .reg file. It won't work if you save as .txt. then just run the registry edit by double clicking the file, and restart the explorer.exe process (it may be called "windows explorer" in windows 11 , i can't recall), or restart your computer, and the old context menu should be there.

you can manually enter those keys, if you prefer. I got the registry edit file from someone else, so the above instructions are exactly what i did, and it worked for me.