winutil/docs/dev/tweaks/z--Advanced-Tweaks---CAUTION/RightClickMenu.md

# 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.

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<details>
<summary>Preview Code</summary>

```json
{
  "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"
}
```

</details>

## Invoke Script

```powershell

      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

```powershell

      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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[View the JSON file](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/tree/main/config/tweaks.json)