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How to repair the Windows 11 right-click menu 2024 Dec 11
In Windows 11, when you right-click in the interface or file explorer, you are by default given the new "streamlined" context menu. This new menu, in Microsoft's infinite wisdom, hides the text labels for many of the more common operations, making them accessible only through their icons.

This is terrible. Luckily, a quick creation of the registry entry Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32\ with a blank default key is enough to restore the "classic" context menu. Thanks, HowToGeek.
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