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A common thing at Microsoft, from one update to another, we add and remove features
But sometimes we can prefer what was in place
Under windows 11 the explorer has been modified, and significantly simplify
now we find this

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To find the full menu, just open windows powershell (run as administrator)

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then add the command
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{d93ed569-3b3e-4bff-8355-3c44f6a52bb5}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

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Validate with the enter key


you should have the confirmation "The operation was successful".

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restart the computer, or restart the explorer ( ctrl shift esc )

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if all goes well, we find the good old menu

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