*** Microsoft Windows 11 Thoughts & Discussion Thread ***

[Vimes]

Yup gone are the days of needing to use third party tools to do that sort of cleanup as Windows has it all built in. You can still clean up using those tools of course but it's not necessary any more I suppose.

I did need to use Revo Uninstaller Pro, that tidied things up....

Apparently the drive I fitted had another one in the system along with it. That must have had Steam, Rockstar etc etc and a stack of games installed.
Well that drive was no longer there and yet the games etc were showing as installed, but would not uninstall, as such.

Revo removed those entries and the stack of registry and orphaned folders and files that were left, no problems.

Now the installed apps and games only reflect what is now on it.

If this keeps up I'll buy a lottery ticket today.

 

[darael]

@Vimes
I wasn't criticising anything that you did, so I hope that didn't across in my post. I'm as surprised as you are to be honest, but if it's all working then just let sleeping dogs lie.

If this keeps up I'll buy a lottery ticket today.

 

[Rroff]

Sigh... after one of the recent updates they've made it harder to restore the classic context menu...

How to Revert to Windows 11's Old Right-Click Menu (November 2026 Fix)

Get Windows 11's old right-click menu back after the November 2026 update: two lines in Command Prompt, no apps or admin rights, and two lines to undo it.

offtheclocklabs.com

Pertinent bit:

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{51668040-5e31-4023-bbe3-149163bd80f1}" /f

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer.exe

The update also breaks compatibility with several Windows tweaking tools.

I hope there is a special place in hell for MS developers - I'm not against the new context menu as such but there is a **** good reason a lot of people use the classic one so not having an option to switch back to it is just being obnoxious - you can still get it with shift + right click or a couple of other long winded methods without tweaks...