Press . You should see a message stating: The operation completed successfully.
: Instructs the system to add a new key or entry to the Windows Registry.
Follow up by restarting Explorer or your PC. Follow up by restarting Explorer or your PC
If a future Windows 11 update optimizes the new menu, or if you simply want to switch back to the stock experience, you can delete the custom Registry key easily. Open and execute this reversal command:
This is a built-in Windows command-line utility for adding new subkeys or entries to the registry. It can also modify existing values. Alternatives include using regedit.exe (GUI) or PowerShell’s Set-ItemProperty . It can also modify existing values
Windows 11 introduced a streamlined, modern context menu, but it hides many familiar options behind a "Show more options" click. If you are a power user who prefers the classic menu from Windows 10, the most reliable and free way to bring it back is by using a specific registry edit.
Get-ChildItem HKCR:\CLSID\86CA1AA0-34AA-4E8B-A509-50C905BAE2A2 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue modern context menu
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2\InprocServer32" /f /ve Use code with caution.
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86CA1AA0-34AA-4E8B-A509-50C905BAE2A2\InprocServer32 /f /ve /d ""
: Tells the system to add a new entry to the Windows Registry.
The registry command to disable the new menu is: reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2\InprocServer32" /f /ve . : Adds a new key or value to the Windows Registry.