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Revert Context Menu ​

Overview ​

  • ID/URL: revert-context-menu
  • Description: Reverts the context menu to the default Windows 10 context menu.
  • Risk Level: Safe

Details ​

Creates a blank InprocServer32 key under a specific CLSID to disable the modern right-click context menu in Windows 11, restoring the classic one and improving responsiveness in File Explorer.

Recommended

This tweak is recommended.

Apply ​

powershell
New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Name "InprocServer32" -force -value ""
Stop-Process -Name "explorer" -Force
Start-Process "explorer.exe"

Unapply ​

powershell
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Recurse -Confirm:$false -Force
Stop-Process -Name "explorer" -Force
Start-Process "explorer.exe"