How to Get the Old Right Click Context Menu Back in Windows 11

With any new version of Windows, comes some changes in the interface and the way you will perform common tasks. Some people might like these changes while others may not.

If you prefer the old style original right click context menu that we had in Windows 10, it’s easy to add back to Windows 11. This way you won’t need to click on Show more options to see your common right click items. All you need to do is a quick registry edit to get things back to the way they used to be.

Here is a writeup on the process.

Here are the steps for bringing back the older style right click menu.

Open the registry editor and navigate to
ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesCLSID

Create a new key using this text
{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}

From this new key, create another key named InprocServer32

Double-click on Default on the right pane. Then click on OK without changing any…