Solved Restoring classic taskbar context menu (Win 11, 24H2)


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How can I get this back as the default (without having to press Shift while right-clicking)?

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Do you mean this?
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Disable "Show more options" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. When you right click on an item in Windows 11, you will see a new modern condensed context menu with Show more options...
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No, this is for the explorer only and does not affect the taskbar.
 

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Settings/Personalization/Taskbar/Taskbar Behaviors . Try there
 

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Already checked there, but none of the options is relevant.
 

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jim55 said:
How can I get this back as the default (without having to press Shift while right-clicking)?

R2UkbHx.jpeg
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See if this works.
Download this zip file (below), it contains two registry files. Then Extract it to wherever you want to save the folder.
Now click on the file that should pertain to what you want, the one named "Enable_taskbar_context_menus_all_users.reg".
Run it, then choose Yes (Are you sure you want to continue?). Finally click on OK.
Now restart your PC and see if it works.
 

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jim55 said:
How can I get this back as the default (without having to press Shift while right-clicking)?
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Use the same feature, except right click the Title Bar instead...

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asturias7 said:
See if this works.
Download this zip file (below), it contains two registry files. Then Extract it to wherever you want to save the folder.
Now click on the file that should pertain to what you want, the one named "Enable_taskbar_context_menus_all_users.reg".
Run it, then choose Yes (Are you sure you want to continue?). Finally click on OK.
Now restart your PC and see if it works.
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Your registry changes allow me to switch between the new menu and no menu, but not the old menu.

Edwin said:
Use the same feature, except right click the Title Bar instead...

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I don't care about title bars. I want old the taskbar menu back with its important functionality and without all the new junk.
 

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jim55 said:
I want old the taskbar menu back with its important functionality...
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To me, it's unclear, according to your clip and descriptions, what you're after.
Perhaps this is what you want:

10373.webp

If not, then I don't know what you want.
 

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Edwin said:
To me, it's unclear, according to your clip and descriptions, what you're after.
Perhaps this is what you want:

View attachment 141960

If not, then I don't know what you want.
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In the past, when right-clicking items on your taskbar, you had a menu with options to move/minimize/... (as seen on the right part of my image, all of which I want to have).
Now you get a different menu with of none of those options, only one to pin the program (on the left, which I don't want) and possibly some app-specific tasks and jumplists (recent files for a text editor/new tab for a browser/..., which I also don't want).


hdmi said:
windhawk.net

Taskbar classic context menu - Windhawk

Show the classic context menu when right-clicking on taskbar items
windhawk.net windhawk.net
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Perfect! Thank you!
 

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