Set Classic Right-Click Menu¶

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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Description¶

Great Windows 11 tweak to bring back good context menus when right clicking things in explorer.

Preview Code

{
  "Content": "Set Classic Right-Click Menu ",
  "Description": "Great Windows 11 tweak to bring back good context menus when right clicking things in explorer.",
  "category": "z__Advanced Tweaks - CAUTION",
  "panel": "1",
  "Order": "a027_",
  "InvokeScript": [
    "
      New-Item -Path \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\" -Name \"InprocServer32\" -force -value \"\"
      Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
      $process = Get-Process -Name \"explorer\"
      Stop-Process -InputObject $process
      "
  ],
  "UndoScript": [
    "
      Remove-Item -Path \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\" -Recurse -Confirm:$false -Force
      # Restarting Explorer in the Undo Script might not be necessary, as the Registry change without restarting Explorer does work, but just to make sure.
      Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
      $process = Get-Process -Name \"explorer\"
      Stop-Process -InputObject $process
      "
  ],
  "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/z--Advanced-Tweaks---CAUTION/RightClickMenu"
}

Invoke Script¶

      New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Name "InprocServer32" -force -value ""
      Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
      $process = Get-Process -Name "explorer"
      Stop-Process -InputObject $process

Undo Script¶

      Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Recurse -Confirm:$false -Force
      # Restarting Explorer in the Undo Script might not be necessary, as the Registry change without restarting Explorer does work, but just to make sure.
      Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
      $process = Get-Process -Name "explorer"
      Stop-Process -InputObject $process

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