- Open Windows Terminal as Administrator: Right-click the Start button and select Windows Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin).
- Run the Registry Command: Copy and paste the following command into the terminal and press Enter:cmd
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve - Restart Explorer: To apply the changes, restart the
explorer.exeprocess. Run this command in the same terminal window:cmdtaskkill /f /im explorer.exe && start explorer.exe - Check: Now, when you right-click, you should see the classic Windows 10-style menu by default.
You can watch this video for a full tutorial on how to use the registry to enable the classic right-click menu:
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f