Reg Add Hkcu Software Classes Clsid 86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2 Inprocserver32 Ve D F New! Today

It wasn't a beep. It wasn't a chime. It was the sound of a dial-up modem connecting, that screeching, digital handshake from the 1990s, but distorted, slowed down, deep and guttural.

reg query "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86CA1AA0-34AA-4e8B-A509-50C905BAE2A2\InprocServer32" /ve It wasn't a beep

[ARTICLE] Restore old Right-click Context menu in Windows 11 Open, Print, Share, Delete, Rename

Set empty default (disable per-user inproc server): reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2\InprocServer32" /ve /d "" /f It was his menu.

reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2\InprocServer32" /ve /d "C:\Path\To\Your.dll" /f

reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\86CA1AA0-34AA-4e8B-A509-50C905BAE2A2\InprocServer32" /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "C:\MyLib\MyCOM.dll" /f

The menu didn't pop out in the truncated, bubbly Windows 11 style. It didn't show him the "Show more options" arrow. Instead, with the satisfying speed of a mousetrap snapping shut, the full, expanded context menu appeared. Open, Print, Share, Delete, Rename. Everything was there. The "Cast to Device" option was gone. The "modern" clutter had vanished. It was the Windows 10 menu. It was the Windows 7 menu. It was his menu.