My right-click menu no longer gives me decision fatigue.

Right-click menus used to be one of the simplest things on Windows, but that all changed with the launch of Windows 11. Now there are two versions of the right-click menu: one that’s so minimal it ...

Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New Media journalism, she has always been passionate about diving ...

Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

The context menu in Windows 11 was meant to be a tool that made life easier, but in practice it has become slow, unwieldy and a source of immense frustration. We have known for a while that Microsoft ...

You'll be able to tweak the right-click context menus in Windows to remove items you don't want, thereby decreasing the clutter. Right-clicking your mouse in Windows 11 File Explorer displays a ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Right-clicking on Windows had been a predictable menu for years. But Windows 11 broke that. Now you get a stripped-down menu that hides half of what you ...

The main complaint comes from users who have added their own context menu entries via the Windows Registry. Those entries will be shown under the “Show more options” submenu, which must be activated ...

The current Windows 11 context menu has gradually become crowded with shortcuts from Microsoft and third-party apps, often taking a noticeable moment to appear when users right-click in File Explorer.

Despite some of the operating system's merits, the widespread pivot from using Windows 10 to Windows 11 hasn't been smooth by any stretch of the imagination. People keep ditching Windows 11 for ...