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When you Customize Context menu in windows, a menu called the Right Click Menu or Context Menu appears. This menu gives you more ways to use the item because it shows you what you can do with it. This menu is where most programs like to put their commands.
Even though they can be useful, the problem is that when you uninstall the program, it doesn’t get rid of the context menu item. This makes the menu slow and look like it has a lot of things on it. Context Menu Editors can help you manage the items in the context menu that appear when you right-click in Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7.
Enable the Old Menu From the Registry
You can also change the Windows Registry to make some changes to the right-click menu. You can add new menu items or bring back the Windows 10 menu. At the same time, editing the registry is not something to do on a whim, because changing the wrong key can cause your computer to have serious problems. If you don’t know how to do it, we suggest you try one of the other methods.
- Open the Registry Editor by searching for it in the Start Menu
- The Registry Editor features a folder-like structure on the left, containing all the keys and values in subfolders. The right side shows the contents of any selected folder and lets you interact with them.
- Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID. You can do this manually by clicking through the folders or entering this path in the address bar at the top.
- Right-click on an empty space on the right panel and select New > Key on the pop-up menu.
- Key names are usually descriptive enough to tell you which setting they control, but for this, we will need an alphanumeric code. Enter the following key name: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}
- Create another new key inside this one and name it: InprocServer32
- Edit this key from the right pane and ensure its value data is blank.
Use Command-Prompt to Enable the Windows 10 Menu
- To get started, type cmd in the Start Menu.
- Right-click the Command Prompt result, and select Run as administrator
- As we only need to add a registry key, we can use the reg add command to execute the process. Simply copy-paste the following command and press Enter
With a Context Menu, we can get to some of the most common actions. Open, Run as Administrator, Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete, New Folder, etc., are all examples of actions that can be found in the Context Menu of any computer.
But in addition to the most common actions, the Context Menu has many other options that most users rarely use. On the other hand, some users may find that the Context Menu is missing a few options.
How can we change the list of options/actions that appear in the Context Menu when we right-click on something? That is exactly what this article is about. We’ll look at tools that let us change items in the Context Menu in Windows 11/10. So, without any more delay, let’s get started.
FAQ
How do I get the classic Start menu back in Windows 11?
To do this, click the regular Start button in Windows 11, go to All Apps, click the folder for Open Shell, and click the Open Shell Menu Settings shortcut. At the Settings screen, you can choose between the Classic style with one column, the Classic style with two columns, and the Windows 7 style with two columns.
How do I disable classic context menu in Windows 11?
- Search with “Context” in the Settings picker search box.
- Select the Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar Category.
- Select Remove Access to the Context menu for the Taskbar(User) options from the Settings name section.
- Keep the policy’s settings to ENABLE or DISABLED if you want to keep it enabled.
How do I edit the Windows context menu?
When you right-click an image, you can choose “Show more options.” Then click Edit to open the picture in the program you told that option to open in. You can also add more options to the context menu in Windows 11 that open files in similar ways in different image editors. Repeat the steps above, but this time change the name of the Edit key.