Saturday, May 16, 2026

Change Menu Style to Pre-Windows 11

To Change to pre-Windows 11 Menu Style

  • Set "Old" Explorer Context Menu as Default

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /ve /f
  • Remove Explorer "Command Bar"
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{d93ed569-3b3e-4bff-8355-3c44f6a52bb5}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
  • Restart Windows Explorer. (Applies the above settings without needing a reboot)
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

To Restore the Windows 11 Menu Style

  • Restore Win 11 Explorer Context Menu
reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
  • Restore Win 11 Explorer Command Bar
reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{d93ed569-3b3e-4bff-8355-3c44f6a52bb5}" /f
  • Restart Windows Explorer. (Applies the above settings without needing a reboot)
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

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Change Menu Style to Pre-Windows 11

To Change to pre-Windows 11 Menu Style Set "Old" Explorer Context Menu as Default reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES...