Microsoft Tests Faster Windows File Explorer, New Context Menu

Microsoft is massively improving Windows 11's right-click menu — but it should have been like this from the start

Windows 11's right-click menu has some big changes in testingThis context menu is being streamlined and is now more responsiveYou can also customize the entries in the menu, or even switch it to be like Windows 10's versionMicrosoft is finally streamlining Windows 11's context menu — the one which pops up when you right click something on the desktop — as well as bringing in more customization choices.In a blog post for a new preview build in th…

Microsoft tests faster Windows File Explorer, new context menu

Microsoft has started testing a faster File Explorer and a less cluttered and more customizable context menu in Windows 11 preview builds rolling out to Insiders this week. [...]

Microsoft admits Windows 11's context menus are "cluttered and sluggish": Announces major upgrades to the right-click menu that increases performance and customizability

Microsoft has today announced a set of major improvements coming to the context menus that appear in File Explorer and the desktop on Windows 11 that are designed to make the right-click experience faster, less cluttered, and more customizable.I first revealed Microsoft's plans to overhaul the context-menu system on Windows 11 last month, and now the company has confirmed those plans. In fact, it's already rolling out preview builds with the new…