In the versions of windows before Windows 11, the context menu items were all being visible by default. But, in Windows 11, the context menu has become minimalistic and the other options can be seen by clicking “Show more options” only. It is annoying to click that button to open all the options available in context menu. So, we dig in the web and found a solution. Here it is, You can disable show more option in windows 11 by command prompt itself. follow the below mentioned steps.
Steps to disable “show more option” in windows 11
- Type CMD in search menu and open command prompt with Run as administrator option.
- Paste the registry in the command line as [
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f"] and press enter.
- Restart the windows explorer from task manager or computer from start menu.
- Done. Your context menu should have been updated with no “Show more options”
Alternatively if you do not want to disable show more option in windows 11 and accidently did this and want to recover the modern minimalistic condensed context menu, you can follow the following method to do it.
Steps to enable “show more option” in windows 11
- Open the CMD as mentioned in above method to disable. Make sure you run CMD as administrator.
- Paste the registry deletion command as [
reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}"] and press enter. type Y if any confirmation prompt is asked. - Done, you can see the show more option. There is no need to restart the computer or windows explorer.
For better clarity and step by step procedure, watch out the instructional video on how to disable show more option in windows 11.
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