Paste the following and press Enter: reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
To apply this change, you must execute the command and then restart the Windows Explorer process for the changes to take effect.
[GUIDE] Restore "Old" Right-Click Context Menu in Windows 11 Paste the following and press Enter: reg add
You can do this via Task Manager or by running these commands in the same terminal: taskkill /f /im explorer.exe start explorer.exe Reverting to the Default Windows 11 Menu
This subkey normally tells Windows where the code for a component is located. Implementation Guide By adding the /ve (empty value)
If you decide you prefer the modern menu or encounter issues, you can easily undo the change by deleting the added registry key:
When Explorer tries to load the modern menu, it sees the blank entry in the user's specific registry (HKCU), fails to load the new component, and "falls back" to the legacy code path—the classic menu. Implementation Guide fails to load the new component
By adding the /ve (empty value) switch without data, the command sets the default value of the key to "blank" instead of "not set".