Как отключить контекстное меню windows 11

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Windows 11 OS has great features and an interesting design. It also brought different context menus, but although they seem to be better, they confused a lot of users.

That’s why many want to disable the new context menu and revert to the old one from Windows 10.

We have written a full Windows 11 build review so you can read all about these changes, but now, let’s see how we can get back the menus we’re used to.

1. Revert File Explorer to the old look

1. Press the Windows + R to open Run, type regedit in the text field, and click OK.
2. Click Yes in the UAC prompt.
3. Navigate to the following path in Registry Editor: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
   

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4. Right-click the Shell Extensions key, then select New and choose Key.
   

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5. Name the new key Blocked and navigate to it.
   

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6. Right-click an empty space, select New, and choose String value.
   

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7. Enter this exact value: {e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7} and press Enter.
   

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8. Restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
9. If you followed the steps correctly, File Explorer should be just like before in Windows 10.
   

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Of course, if you change your mind and want to have the new File Explorer, all you need to do is to get back into the Registry Editor and delete the key you’ve created.

You can also use Registry Editor to remove apps from the context menu as well, to know how to remove apps like Clipchamp, Photos, and Paint 3D.

2. Show more options

As we’ve noticed from a lot of other features, Microsoft kept all the menus from Windows 10 either dormant or accessible. It goes the same for the old context menus, which are still present, without you needing to do much work.

You need to select the Show more options feature in any context menu, and it will bring the old menu back.

If you want to activate this feature quickly, you can also use the Shift + F10 shortcut used earlier to open the Windows 11 classic context menu. So, if you do not wish to turn off the context menus altogether, you can make them look like the old ones.

Also, if you want to have Windows 11 Show more options by default, there’s currently no quick setting.

Users who want to completely disable the new context menu can do so using the Local Group Policy Editor. It’s not available in the Home edition of the OS, but users can easily install the Group Policy Editor in Windows.

1. 1. Press Windows + R to open Run, type gpedit.msc, and hit Enter.

   

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2. 2. Under the User Configuration tab, expand Administrative Templates, and select Windows Components.

   

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3. 3. Select File Explorer from the left, and then click on the Remove File Explorer’s default context menu policy.

   

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4. 4. Select Disabled, and click on OK to save the changes.

   

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5. 5. If these don’t reflect right away, restart the computer.

As you can see, the new context menus are much less cluttered and easier to work with because they are simpler.

Only the fact that the Cut, Copy, Rename, and Delete options have been transformed into small icons that sit at the top of the context menu makes things a lot cleaner.

However, we can also understand users who say they are too small and should be transformed into bigger targets to click on for more efficiency.

We hope you managed to get the context menus sorted out and you’re happy with your decision, whatever that would be.

If you want to customize your experience further, don’t hesitate to take a closer look at our guide to change Windows 11 to classic view or our article on how to restore the old right-click menu in Windows 11.

Besides, if you were wondering how do I change the Start Menu view in Windows 11, several customizations are available in Windows Settings, including pinned apps, adding or removing folders, and recommendations, amongst others.

Speaking of the context menu, did you know that there is a way to remove Windows Media Player from the context menu? We have an entire article dedicated to it, so don’t miss it.

What do you think about the new context menus? Tell us all about that in the comments section below.

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Disable Windows 11 Modern Context Menu

The new Windows 11 includes a lot of design improvements. The context menu (or right-click menu) is one of the most noticeable design changes that you will experience after switching from older version of Windows to Windows 11. The following image shows how the modern context menu looks like in Windows 11 by default.

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If you want to see the detailed context menu, you need to click on Show more options. While most of the people will appreciate the new context menu, there are still a lot of folks who would rather want to have this menus disabled. If you’re the one looking to disable the modern content menus of Windows 11, this article is for you.

In this article, I’ll show how you can disable Windows 11’s modern context menu and enable the legacy context menu. You can do it either using Windows PowerShell or Command prompt.

PowerShell Method

If you like doing things using PowerShell, use the steps mentioned in this section to disable or enable Windows 11’s modern context menu. If you’re comfortable in working with command prompt or batch files, you can directly jump to command prompt section.

Disabling Context Menus via PowerShell

To disable Windows 11’s context menus using PowerShell, follow these steps:

• Open notepad or your favorite text editor.
• Copy and paste the following code and save the file with a name like Disable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1. Any name will work as long as you keep the ps1 file extension. It is important.

  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Disables the modern context menus in Windows 11
  
  .NOTES
      Author : Surender Kumar
      Author URI : https://www.techtutsonline.com/staff/surender-kumar/
      Version : 1.0
      Purpose : Disabling the modern context menus in Windows 11
  #>
  $regPath = 'HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}'
  $regItem = 'InprocServer32'
  if(!(Test-Path $regPath\$regItem)){
      Write-Output "Creating the registry key..."
      New-Item -Path "$regPath\" -Name $regItem –Force | Out-Null
      Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath\$regItem -Name '(Default)' -Value $null -Type String -Force | Out-Null
      Write-Output "Restarting Windows explorer..."
      Get-Process explorer | Stop-Process -Force; Start-Process explorer
  } else {
      Write-Output "The registry key already exists! Exiting..."
  }

• Now open the “RUN” dialog, paste the following command and hit enter to execute the PowerShell script you just created:
  powershell.exe -file "D:\MyScripts\Disable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

  I am assuming the script is saved in "D:\MyScripts\Disable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1". You need to adjust the path and name of script as per your system.

• If the script runs successfully, it will create a Registry key and restart your Windows explorer. Once this is done, you will see the modern context menu is gone and legacy menu options are enabled.
  

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  At any time, if you want to re-enable the Windows 11 context menus, just follow the steps mentioned in next section. If you don’t see the legacy context menu enabled, it probably means you did something wrong. To learn about how to create and run PowerShell scripts, you can read our Writing and Running PowerShell Scripts article. If PowerShell way doesn’t work, you can jump to the command prompt section to do it using a batch file.

Enabling Context Menus via PowerShell

To enable Windows 11’s context menus again using PowerShell, follow these steps:

• Open notepad or your favorite text editor.
• Copy and paste the following code and save the file with a name like Enable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1.

  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Enables the modern context menus in Windows 11
  
  .NOTES
      Author : Surender Kumar
      Author URI : https://www.techtutsonline.com/staff/surender-kumar/
      Version : 1.0
      Purpose : Enabling the modern context menus in Windows 11
  #>
  $regPath = 'HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}'
  if((Test-Path $regPath)){
      Write-Output "Removing the registry key..."
      Remove-Item $regPath -Recurse –Force -Verbose
      Write-Output "Restarting Windows explorer..."
      Get-Process explorer | Stop-Process -Force; Start-Process explorer
  } else {
      Write-Output "The registry key doesn't exist! Exiting..."
  }
  

• Now open the “RUN” dialog, paste the following command and hit enter to execute the PowerShell script you just created:
  powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file "D:\MyScripts\Enable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1"


  Of course, you need to adjust the path and name of script as per your system. To save time, you can download Disable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1 and Enable-Win11ContextMenu.ps1 scripts that I’ve created.

• If the script runs successfully, it will delete the Registry key and restart your Windows explorer. Once this is done, you will see the modern context menu is re-enabled.
  

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If the above method does not work for you due to any reason, you can follow the command prompt method section to do the same thing using command prompt or a batch file.

Command Prompt Method

If you like doing things using command prompt or batch scripts, use the steps mentioned in this section to disable or enable the modern context menus of Windows 11.

Disabling Context Menus via Batch File

To disable Windows 11’s context menus using a batch file, follow these steps:

• Open notepad or your favorite text editor.
• Copy and paste the following code and save the file with a name like Disable-Win11ContextMenu.bat. Any name will work as long as you keep the bat file extension. It is important.

  @echo off
  reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve 
  taskkill /f /im explorer.exe && start explorer.exe

• Now open the file explorer, navigate to the location where you saved your batch file, and double click the file to run it. By the way, you could also copy and run the above lines of code directly in “cmd.exe”.
• If the script runs successfully, it will create a Registry key and restart your Windows explorer. Once this is done, you will see the modern context menu is gone and legacy menu options are enabled.
  

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  At any time, if you want to re-enable the Windows 11 context menus, just follow the steps mentioned in next section.

Enabling Context Menus via Batch File

To enable Windows 11’s context menus again using a batch file, follow these steps:

• Open notepad or your favorite text editor.
• Copy and paste the following code and save the file with a name like Enable-Win11ContextMenu.bat.

  @echo off
  reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
  taskkill /f /im explorer.exe && start explorer.exe

• Now open the file explorer, navigate to the location where you saved your batch file, and double click the file to run it. To save time, you can Disable_Win11ContextMenu.bat and Enable_Win11ContextMenu.bat scripts that I’ve created.
• If the script runs successfully, it will delete the Registry key and restart your Windows explorer. Once this is done, you will see the modern context menu is re-enabled.
  

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That was all for this tutorial. If you run into any issues while following this guide, please leave a comment below and I will try to respond as soon I can.