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How To Show Old Right Click Menu (Context Menu) In Windows 11 | A Quick & Easy Guide



Tutorial on how to show the old right click menu (context menu) in Windows 11 using the command prompt and/or the Registry Editor. Users will be informed how to enable/show the old right click menu (context menu), and how to reverse the change to show the new right click menu (context menu).

Command to show OLD right click menu:
reg add “HKCUSoftwareClassesCLSID{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}inprocServer32” /f /ve

Command to show NEW right click menu (not shown in video):
reg delete “HKCUSoftwareClassesCLSID{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}” /f

Registry Path: ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWARECLASSESCLSID

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