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# Set Classic Right-Click Menu

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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## Description

Great Windows 11 tweak to bring back good context menus when right clicking things in explorer.

Preview Code

    {
      "Content": "Set Classic Right-Click Menu ",
      "Description": "Great Windows 11 tweak to bring back good context menus when right clicking things in explorer.",
      "category": "z__Advanced Tweaks - CAUTION",
      "panel": "1",
      "Order": "a027_",
      "InvokeScript": [
        "
          New-Item -Path \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\" -Name \"InprocServer32\" -force -value \"\"
          Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
          $process = Get-Process -Name \"explorer\"
          Stop-Process -InputObject $process
          "
      ],
      "UndoScript": [
        "
          Remove-Item -Path \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\" -Recurse -Confirm:$false -Force
          # Restarting Explorer in the Undo Script might not be necessary, as the Registry change without restarting Explorer does work, but just to make sure.
          Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
          $process = Get-Process -Name \"explorer\"
          Stop-Process -InputObject $process
          "
      ],
      "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/z--Advanced-Tweaks---CAUTION/RightClickMenu"
    }

## Invoke Script

          New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Name "InprocServer32" -force -value ""
          Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
          $process = Get-Process -Name "explorer"
          Stop-Process -InputObject $process

## Undo Script

          Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Recurse -Confirm:$false -Force
          # Restarting Explorer in the Undo Script might not be necessary, as the Registry change without restarting Explorer does work, but just to make sure.
          Write-Host Restarting explorer.exe ...
          $process = Get-Process -Name "explorer"
          Stop-Process -InputObject $process

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August 7, 2024