Remove File Explorer's default context menu
- Policy ID
- NoViewContextMenu
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 2000
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › File Explorer
Description
Removes shortcut menus from the desktop and File Explorer. Shortcut menus appear when you right-click an item.
If you enable this setting, menus do not appear when you right-click the desktop or when you right-click the items in File Explorer. This setting does not prevent users from using other methods to issue commands available on the shortcut menus.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoViewContextMenu-