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I have installed various apps on Windows 11, which have added their entries on the right-click context menu. However, some are displayed in the default list (eg. WinRAR, PowerRename from PowerToys), most of them are displayed in the "show more options" list(eg. Git Bash).

How can I customize the right-click context menu, to choose which app to be displayed in the default list, which app to be displayed in the "show more options" list?

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  • Hello, do you want to keep that split? If not, you can disable it: makeuseof.com/remove-show-more-options-context-menu-windows-11 Otherwise, you'll have to look where the current menu items are in registry, if the new menu even uses that. Commented Jun 9, 2023 at 9:16
  • Thanks. Yes I'd like to keep that split. I tried to explore the registry but failed to understand how to control appearance in the default view Commented Jun 10, 2023 at 10:16
  • I love the new "Show more options" feature except I consider the feature very broken in that the user does not get to decide which entries go on the primary context menu and which entries go on the "Show more options" menu. It is very frustrating that because the feature is not intuitively customizable, all the google search results are regarding disabling the feature but there is no easy way to find out how to customize the feature. Commented Jun 20, 2023 at 13:35
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    This question is similar to: How do I add my own entries to the new Windows 11 right click context menu?. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem. Commented Jan 29 at 22:19
  • The suggested duplicate is about putting items in the new context menu. Applications have to register themselves the way MS has specified in order to show in the new context menu, otherwise they are left in the old "More options" menu. It is up to the application developers, BUT, more things in the context menu generally means slower menu loading, which is part of why the new menu exists now. There are utilities that allow you to manage and modify these menus. Commented Jan 29 at 22:20

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