How to Get the Classic (old) Context Menu on Windows 11
If you want to remove the “Show More Options” entry from Windows 11 Context Menu and restore classic Right Click menus in Windows 11 you can use following registry entries.
Restore full right click context menu in Windows 11 via Registry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32]
@=””
Get the default Windows 11 Context Menu back via Registry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}]
After applying the above registry entries, you need to restart File explorer for the settings to take effect. Alternatively you can use Command Prompt to do the same task.
Restore Classic Context Menu on Windows 11 with Cmd
1. Open Cmd with Administrator privileges
2. Copy and paste the below Code and press enter
reg.exe add “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32” /f
Restore Default Context Menu on Windows 11 with Cmd
1. Open Cmd with Administrator privileges
2. Copy and paste the below Code and press enter
reg.exe delete “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}” /f
NOTE: Restart the file explorer after the above steps.