How to get the detailed context menu from the first time in Windows 11?
Jan 27
In Windows-11, there are two context menus in Windows explorer (go to a file and right-click):
When you click "Show more options", only then you see:
You might see the menu option "Scan with Microsoft Defender" in the second one (I just can't believe this option is not accessible by default).
As I find actively checking for threats very important, I'd like to see that option immediately, and what way to achieve that is better than simply not showing the new context menu, but showing the old-style immediately?
Does anybody know what configuration changes I need to do for that?
A similar question has been asked already, but this one is not answered and talks about modifying the new context menu while I'm all about not displaying it.
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Accepted answer · original discussion
Jan 27
I'm not currently able to test, but Information in this xda-developers post explains you can disable the Modern Context Menu using a registry edit.
This should completely disable the Modern Menu and default to the Classic.
please be careful when editing the registry!
To disable the context menu:
reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
To revert the changes, delete the key:
reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
The registry edit(s) do not take effect immediately, you need to restart Explorer first. You can restart explorer.exe using Task Manager or just restart the computer.
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