winutil/docs/dev/tweaks/z--Advanced-Tweaks---CAUTION/RightClickMenu.md
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# 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.
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<details>
<summary>Preview Code</summary>
```json
{
"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"
}
```
</details>
## Invoke Script
```powershell
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 $process
```
## Undo Script
```powershell
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Recurse -Confirm:$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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[View the JSON file](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/tree/main/config/tweaks.json)