Bring Back Win 10 menu bar (with Quick Access Toolbar) in win 11

  • My reason to bring back win 10 Menu Bar to Win 11 is to get access of the Quick Action Toolbar
  • I use the shortcut to copy file path (not directory path, full file path) while item is selected. For me it is important

How to

Full Description Here

  • Open Registry Editor
  • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\
  • If it does not have a Key named Blocked, right click on Shell Extension and new > Key. name it Blocked
  • Right Click on blocked and new > key. name it {e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7}
  • save it and close registry editor
  • restart explorer.exe
    • open cmd or pwsh
    • type taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe this will kill explorer process, this will disable taskbar and all explorer related process, looks very scary but it is not.
    • then type start explorer to start the explorer process again, everything will come back

Quick Access

Faster way to traverse the blog