Change Windows 11 Right-Click Menu Style Back to Windows 10 Style

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Microsoft's Confusing Move: They turned Windows 11's right-click menu into a two-level menu, which is very inconvenient. The product manager who suggested this change should be held accountable. Fortunately, you can still use the registry editing method to revert it.

Notice: Modifying the registry carries risks, please proceed with caution.

This post was translated from my Chinese blog post with the aid of ChatGpt.

Command Line Modification

Here’s the command-line method. Press WIN+R, type cmd, and press Enter to run the following command:
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reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /f /ve
  • /f means not to display confirmation prompts, silently perform the registry addition task.
  • /ve indicates adding an empty value null to the registry.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open the Task Manager, locate Windows Explorer, and click on “Restart” in the lower right corner to complete the process.
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Manual Registry Editor Modification

Press WIN+R, type regedit, and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
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Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID. Right-click on CLSID, choose “New” -> “Key,” and name it {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}.
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Right-click on the newly created item, choose “New” -> “Key,” and name it InprocServer32.
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Double-click on the Default on the right side of InprocServer32, leave it blank, click “OK,” then close the Registry Editor and restart Windows Explorer.
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Now you should see the familiar Windows 10-style right-click menu!
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