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DashielQuinn
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Jul 09, 2026

Windows 11 Context menu glowing outline

I added submenus to the Windows 11 right-click menu via the registry, but items below the first submenu show a glowing outline. How can I remove this glow?

 

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    Loganiy
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    If this doesn't help, the issue might be more specific to your registry customization. In that case, you could also consider resetting your Windows theme to a default one as a next troubleshooting step, but trying the transparency setting first is a simple and common fix.

  • Hi, when custom right-click submenus are added through the registry, visual glitches like that usually mean the shell is rendering a menu state it was not really designed to handle.

     

    I would first export the registry keys you changed, then remove the custom submenu entries and add them back one at a time. That should show which entry causes the outline. Also check whether the command uses a legacy shell verb, a custom icon, or an invalid/empty `MUIVerb`, because those can make menu rendering odd.

     

    There is not really a supported setting to style or remove that glow from a custom context menu item. If this is for regular use, the most reliable fix is to simplify the registry structure or use a supported shell extension/context menu implementation rather than forcing nested menu behavior entirely through registry edits.