Right click context menu visually garbled for files/folders

How to fix this? I recently noticed that the classic context menu is garbled and only becomes normal if I hover the mouse over the context menu items. What could be causing this?

Well you haven't filled out your computer specs, and haven't give much information, so I'll just guess.
I don't know whether you have an Nvidia or AMD graphics card, so here's both sets of instructions.

Sometimes the drivers that MS occasionally includes with Windows Updates...
can conflict with drivers that are already installed. Which is what the tutorial at the top is for.

DDU, on the other hand, will remove all the leftovers from MS or Nvidia drivers, so when you install an Nvidia driver, it has a clean slate to work with.




1. First, do Option #2, step #3 and onward, here...
2. This will block MS from including drivers in Windows Updates.
3. They'll still be listed as Optional Updates, if you ever need them.


1. Get this program, here: Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) | Wagnardsoft ...get the latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get the Nvidia WHQL vid card driver here... https://www.guru3d.com/files/category/videocards-nvidia-geforce-windows-7-8-10/ ...save this to your desktop.
3. Unhook the internet completely.
4. Reboot into Safe Mode and run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you.
5. After it's done, reboot to normal mode, then just double click the Nvidia driver to install.
[See pics below]. If it want's to reboot, let it.
Rehook the internet.


















1. First, do Option #2, step #3 and onward, here...
2. This will block MS from including drivers in Windows Updates.
3. They'll still be listed in the Optional Updates, if you ever need them.


1. Get this program, here: Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) | Wagnardsoft ...get the latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get your vid card driver here, use the Manual Search: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download ...save this to your desktop.
Unhook the internet completely.
3. Reboot into Safe Mode and run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you.
4. After it's done, reboot to normal mode, then just double click the AMD driver to install. If it want's to reboot, let it.
Rehook the internet.

Ghot said:

Well you haven't filled out your computer specs, and haven't give much information, so I'll just guess.
I don't know whether you have an Nvidia or AMD graphics card, so here's both sets of instructions.

Sometimes the drivers that MS occasionally includes with Windows Updates...
can conflict with drivers that are already installed. Which is what the tutorial at the top is for.

DDU, on the other hand, will remove all the leftovers from MS or Nvidia drivers, so when you install an Nvidia driver, it has a clean slate to work with.

 DDU Instructions - Nvidia

1. First, do Option #2, step #3 and onward, here...

Enable or Disable Include Drivers with Windows Updates in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable including drivers with Windows Updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Update will include drivers when available in Windows 11 by default. You can enable the Do not include drivers with Windows Updates policy to not include drivers...

www.elevenforum.com

2. This will block MS from including drivers in Windows Updates.
3. They'll still be listed as Optional Updates, if you ever need them.


1. Get this program, here: Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) | Wagnardsoft ...get the latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get the Nvidia WHQL vid card driver here... https://www.guru3d.com/files/category/videocards-nvidia-geforce-windows-7-8-10/ ...save this to your desktop.
3. Unhook the internet completely.
4. Reboot into Safe Mode and run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you.
5. After it's done, reboot to normal mode, then just double click the Nvidia driver to install.
[See pics below]. If it want's to reboot, let it.
Rehook the internet.

 DDU Instructions - AMD

1. First, do Option #2, step #3 and onward, here...

Enable or Disable Include Drivers with Windows Updates in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable including drivers with Windows Updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Update will include drivers when available in Windows 11 by default. You can enable the Do not include drivers with Windows Updates policy to not include drivers...

www.elevenforum.com

2. This will block MS from including drivers in Windows Updates.
3. They'll still be listed in the Optional Updates, if you ever need them.


1. Get this program, here: Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) | Wagnardsoft ...get the latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get your vid card driver here, use the Manual Search: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download ...save this to your desktop.
Unhook the internet completely.
3. Reboot into Safe Mode and run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you.
4. After it's done, reboot to normal mode, then just double click the AMD driver to install. If it want's to reboot, let it.
Rehook the internet.

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Thank you for the reply. I tried the NVIDIA one (card is rtx 3080) but the error is still there. I noticed that it's for if I right-click picture files. I think maybe it's got too many items on the context menu. Is there a way to remove "edit with photos, create with designer, edit with paint, and edit with clipchamp"? In safe mode there's very few items on the context menu and it worked perfectly.

@windows11thumba


Probably not. I got tons of things I my right click context menu...





If you have any tweaking apps, they could be affecting it.
Assuming you followed the directions above, exactly... then I would look to some app causing the issue.

Might open a Terminal (Admin) and try running sfc /scannow
Then run Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup the same way.

And then if you still have the issue... run Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth



There's also this...

Ghot said:

@windows11thumba


Probably not. I got tons of things I my right click context menu...

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If you have any tweaking apps, they could be affecting it.
Assuming you followed the directions above, exactly... then I would look to some app causing the issue.

Might open a Terminal (Admin) and try running sfc /scannow
Then run Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup the same way.

And then if you still have the issue... run Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth



There's also this...

ContextMenuManager/README-en.md at master · BluePointLilac/ContextMenuManager

🖱️ 纯粹的Windows右键菜单管理程序. Contribute to BluePointLilac/ContextMenuManager development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Thanks man. I'm still getting errors. What's the best way to narrow down potential tweaking apps?

Also I've noticed that there are no problems with files located on the desktop, but everywhere else

Turn off classic context, then right click an image file and go to more options to invoke the classic context normally. Does it appear messed up that way too?

dacrone said:

Turn off classic context, then right click an image file and go to more options to invoke the classic context normally. Does it appear messed up that way too?

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Thank you for the reply. Yes it does.

What formats’ context menus display the messed up version? .png, .jpg, .jpeg… etc?

In safe mode there's very few items on the context menu and it worked perfectly.

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I expect you know that means e.g. far less is running and you're using a basic graphics driver.

We can't know what modifications you've made, and you say this happened 'recently'.

Two options:

Next up from Safe Mode is a clean boot. Try that and compare.
If no change, then try disabling shell extensions with e.g. shellexview (free) starting with the 'uncommon' or newer ones.

And as this started 'recently', consider using a suitable 'recent' System Restore point, using the Scan option first to note what will change.

png, jpg, mka, .tif,

the mka file I think is an audio file and it also has the "play with media player" and "add to media player play queue"
the image files have all the "edit with photos, create with designer, edit with paint, and edit with clipchamp" stuff that I think is doing something

I think I used shellex to remove the "play with media player" options from mp3 and mp4 files and they now appear okay

Use this. Click the icon with the broom and uncheck what you want to remove from files’ context menu. See if those are the issue. Easiest thing to try first…

windows11thumba said:

What's the best way to narrow down potential tweaking apps?

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Do a "Clean Boot" and then slowly add things back in until the problem re-appears.

I did the clean boot and the problem persists. I didn't even try turning on any non MS services

I uninstalled media player which got rid off the "play with media player" and "add to media player play queue" in mka files and the error went away

dacrone said:

Easy Context Menu v1.6

Easy Context Menu enables you to add a variety of useful commands and tweaks for the Desktop, My Computer, Drives ,File and folder context menus

www.sordum.org

Use this. Click the icon with the broom and uncheck what you want to remove from files’ context menu. See if those are the issue. Easiest thing to try first…

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I don't see "edit with paint" as an option, please help

Try removing it manually via reg then

dacrone said:

Try removing it manually via reg then

Add or Remove "Edit with Paint" Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Edit with Paint" context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. The Paint app included in Windows 11 is a simple and powerful graphics editor with a range of uses. You can edit images quickly or create masterpieces with the tools...

www.elevenforum.com

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Thanks man I think that fixed the problem with image file context menu. However, I think the cmd commands caused cbr and cbz files' thumbnails not to rebuild

@windows11thumba

Well, here's ten points, just for filling out your computer specs.