Restore Full Windows 11 Context Menu
In this tutorial, we restore the full context menu in Explorer for Windows 11, ensuring that all possible menu items are revealed via a single right click, in contrast to the default compact menu which hides a number of key options by default, including those arising from third-party applications.
In the absence of a setting to toggle this behaviour globally or on the basis of individual items, we are required to add keys to the Windows Registry using Regedit. Given that registry tweaking can potentially destabilise an entire setup, we begin by backing up the registry, and walk through the restoration of that backup, should it be needed.
With the backup secured, we then navigate to the relevant node in the registry, and insert the appropriately named and configured keys, using the information below, and reproduced at TechFixFlix.com. Once the keys are entered, we restart Explorer and verify that our changes have taken effect.
Finally, we also walk through the process of reversing the changes, in the event that we wish to revert to the compact menu style.
Keys to copy and paste:
Key 1: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\
Key 2: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}
Key 3: InprocServer32
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Topics covered:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Compacted Explorer menu in Windows 11
00:34 “Show more options” reveals second tier of items
00:46 Third party app context menu entries
00:52 Skype, Dropbox, Pushbullet, 7-Zip, Glary Utilities, Attribute Changer
01:10 Doubling the workload by design
01:31 Absence of a selectable setting for the context menu
01:42 Restoring the full context menu
01:51 Adding keys to the Windows Registry
01:54 Dangers of the registry
02:04 Part I: Backing Up The Windows Registry
02:12 Running Regedit
02:22 User Account Control
02:36 Regedit main interface
02:43 File menu and Export
03:10 Verifying the exported file
03:24 Part II: Restoring The Windows Registry (Optional)
03:27 Returning to Regedit
03:28 File menu and Import
03:49 Part III: Inserting Keys Into The Registry
03:55 Running Regedit
04:11 Navigating directly to our key
04:19 The navigation bar
04:34 Key to be entered: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\
04:49 Pasting the text
05:07 Creating a new key
05:11 Renaming the new key
05:25 Key to be entered: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}
05:38 Pasting the text
05:50 Creating a new key
05:57 Renaming the new key
06:03 Key to be entered: InprocServer32
06:09 Pasting the text
06:17 Value Not Set
06:36 Part IV: Restarting Explorer And Testing
06:48 Accessing Task Manager via CTRL+SHIFT+ESCAPE
06:52 Locating the running task
07:04 Testing the full context menu
07:24 Part V: Restoring The Default Compact Menu
07:30 Returning to Regedit
07:36 Navigating to and deleting the key we have inserted
07:49 Checking that the changes have been reversed
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