# 2026-04-17 — EVS Win11 right-click menu fix

## User
- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike)
- **Machine:** DESKTOP-0O8A1RL
- **Role:** admin

## Summary

Short ticket. Howard reported the Win11 VM at EVS (Equity Valuation Services) has the new compact right-click context menu, which confuses him. Provided the standard per-user registry tweak that reverts it to the Win10-style full menu.

## Solution

Per-user registry key. No admin elevation required. Run in PowerShell as the affected user on the VM:

```powershell
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
```

Creates an empty `InprocServer32` default value under the shell-extension CLSID, which tells Explorer to skip the compact menu layer. Killing Explorer restarts it so the change applies immediately (taskbar flashes, no reboot).

### Revert to Win11 default

```powershell
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
```

## Notes

- HKCU-scoped -> affects only the user who runs it on that VM. If Howard has multiple profiles on the VM, run in each.
- Persists across reboots and updates. Microsoft broke it once in 23H2 but has been stable since. Works on 22H2 / 23H2 / 24H2 / 25H2.
- CLSID `{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}` is the Win11 new-menu shell extension handler.

## Pending

- Howard to apply on the VM (awaiting confirmation).
- If Howard uses more than one user profile on the EVS VM, repeat for each.

## Client notes

EVS = Equity Valuation Services. This is the first entry in `clients/evs/`. Howard maintains the VM. No other infra captured for EVS yet — add when encountered.
