Mike Swanson
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New clients/evs/ directory with session log documenting the registry tweak to restore the classic right-click context menu on Howard's EVS VM (reg add of empty InprocServer32 under the Win11 new-menu CLSID, per-user HKCU, no admin needed).
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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:
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
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.