🖱️ Windows 11 - Restore Classic Context Menu

This GITS provides batch scripts to enable and disable the classic right-click context menu in Windows 11.

📋 Description

Windows 11 introduced a new modern-style context menu. If you prefer the classic Windows 10-style menu, these scripts modify the Windows Registry to bring it back.

⚠️ Warning

Editing the Windows Registry can cause issues if done improperly.
Scripts must be run as Administrator.
A restart of Windows Explorer is required (handled automatically by the scripts).

▶️ How to Use

✅ Enable Classic Context Menu

Run enable_classic_menu.bat as Administrator.

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /ve /f
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
start explorer.exe

❌ Disable Classic Context Menu (Restore Default)

Run disable_classic_menu.bat as Administrator.

reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
start explorer.exe

✅ Compatibility

Tested on all versions of Windows 11 (as of 2025).

📎 Reference

The modification is based on the known CLSID key:

{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}

Adding this key enables the legacy context menu behavior.

🛠 License

This project is released under the MIT License.

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