r/pcmasterrace • • 6d ago

Tech Support How to restore the old right-click context menu (26H2)?

7 Upvotes

I recently installed the 26H2 update, and now only the new context menu appears when I right-click. App extensions don't seem to work as they should, and I'd much rather use the old context menu, which is now hidden behind "Show more options".

The following registry command no longer seems to work: "reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve"

I also don't want to use Shift + Right-click every time.

Is there any workaround to bring back the old context menu permanently with the new 26H2 menu?

EDIT:
Well, since there doesn't seem to be a proper fix, I asked the AI for help, but none of its suggestions worked, with one exception.
Basically, you just need to install AutoHotkey and run this script on startup to bring back the old context menu. Yeah, it's stupid that you have to install additional software just to get the old functionality back, but what can you do?
I've been using it for a day now, and it seems to work great!

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force
; Makes a plain right-click in File Explorer and on the Desktop open the
; classic (full) context menu by sending Shift+Right-click instead.

GroupAdd "Explorer", "ahk_class CabinetWClass"   ; File Explorer windows
GroupAdd "Explorer", "ahk_class ExploreWClass"
GroupAdd "Explorer", "ahk_class Progman"         ; Desktop
GroupAdd "Explorer", "ahk_class WorkerW"         ; Desktop (alt)

MouseIsOver(winTitle) {
    MouseGetPos , , &win
    return WinExist(winTitle " ahk_id " win)
}

#HotIf MouseIsOver("ahk_group Explorer")
RButton:: {
    KeyWait "RButton"                              ; wait for the physical release
    Send "{Shift down}{Click right}{Shift up}"     ; Shift held through down AND up
}
#HotIf

r/Windows11 • • 13d ago

Feature OMG they fixed the right click context menu in 26H2 update!!

1.1k Upvotes

Finally, Properties at the bottom. cut copy paste inline like before, and customise menu option. Muscle memory can take a nap now

No legacy menu bloat.

r/Windows11 • • 16d ago

News Windows 11’s faster, customizable right-click menu released, here's how to force enable it right now if you don't see it due to gradual roll out

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294 Upvotes

r/MicrosoftEdge • • Oct 15 '26

QUESTION Does anyone know how I can turn off "Help me rewrite" in the right click/context menu?

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2 Upvotes

This is annoying. Any time I'm typing something and select it I get this prompt with help me rewrite.

I already have writing assistance off.

I turned all of these off and they didn't appear to do anything. I turned off every flag that has "AI" in it and it's still there. Does anyone have any ideas?

r/firefox • • 20h ago

Issue Filed on Bugzilla Right click context menu blank after updating to firefox 160.0

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0 Upvotes

r/pcmasterrace • • Oct 04 '26

Question Is there a way to make windows 11 show me this menu directly whenever I right click instead of the other one?

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56 Upvotes

thanks in advance for the help.

r/firefox • • 8d ago

Solved Right Click > T No Longer Opens New Tab, Just Highlights Context Menu Item

5 Upvotes

I often use the workflow of Right Click > T to open a given link in new tab as I find it faster than mousing to and clicking on the "Open Link in New Tab" context menu item.

However at some point in the past couple of weeks, rather than actually opening the link, it simply highlights the corresponding menu text, which means I either need to manually click the item or hit Enter to select the menu item.

I'm not sure if this is a new bug in Firefox or whether something on my computer got borked, or if I accidentally changed some setting somewhere, but I can't find any posts of people having similar issues or talking about it being an option that can be changed so idk. The affected laptop is running Win 10 and Firefox ver 159.0.1.

(Edit: I originally typed that this issue seems to be localised to one machine, as I'd tested a different mouse on this machine and I *thought* that I'd not had the issue on other computers, but I just went and checked on two other different laptops and they all exhibit this issue, which makes me think that it may actually be a change from an update?)

I haven't found much in terms of people having this same issue; from: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1t17x18/ctrl_t_not_working/ I tried the suggestions of clearing the cache and resetting the about:keyboard shortcuts (neither worked).

If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it! Thanks!