Microsoft Just "Fixed" File Explorer, But It's Still Broken

Microsoft is adding a “Customize” option to Windows 11 File Explorer’s modern right-click context menus, aiming to reduce clutter from app-added actions. The change is part of quality-of-life updates following Microsoft’s earlier move to restrict classic context menu customization tools when Windows 11 launched in 2021. Microsoft also discussed work on a more compact, faster-opening File Explorer menu design, though it wasn’t available in Insider builds at the time of reporting. The article notes a persistent issue: both modern and classic context menus still appear, with the classic one accessible via “Show More Options” or by holding Shift, largely for backward compatibility. Meanwhile, Microsoft is pursuing efficiency improvements for PCs with 8GB of RAM.