Windows 11 comes with a cut down right-click context menu in File Explorer that has changed from the Windows 10 context menu. To get the classic menu back, you can modify the registry with a few clicks.
Go into regedit, then go to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLSID\
Then right click the blank area on the right hand side of the windows and click New > Key, then paste the following as the key name:
{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}
Now, right-click on {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} in the sidebar and select New > Key and name it:
InprocServer32
Double-click the “(Default)” key under InprocServer32 to open it and then close it by clicking OK. It should now show as blank instead of “(value not set).”
Now close the Registry Editor and restart your PC.
Once you’ve signed back in you can right-click on a file or folder in File Explorer and the classic right-click context menu.