22 July 2026

Enable full classic context menu in Windows 11 with Powershell

 


Enable full classic context menu

Powershell:

New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Force | Out-Null New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" -Force | Out-Null Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" -Name "(default)" -Value "" Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force

Disable / revert to Windows 11 default

Powershell:

Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Recurse -Force Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force