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Refresh button on Windows 11 in File Explorer
I absolutely hate this new right-click menu when I am on File Explorer. I cannot directly click "Refresh" but have to click 'Show more' and then only click "Refresh". WTH was Microsoft thinking when deciding that. I shouldn't be the only one who is getting annoyed with this.
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Azmart I'm not sure what everyone is carrying on about. They actually made it easier by adding a shortcut button right next to the address bar. 1-click instead of 2!
- They added it late. Not the first time they rolled windows out.
- Not easier or faster. You have to move your mouse from where you are in the window to the top. Then back down again to where you are expecting your new file to appear.
It is much faster and easier to right click where you are in the window and select refresh like we have been doing for 15 effing years.
Azmart same here. Jesus M$ does dumb stuff. Right click Refresh is one of the most useful things.
Hi. It's been a while since you posted this, and I don't know if you were ever able to solve it, but I found this very helpful video https://rb.gy/1xa3me
- I agree with you. They have a whole window, why not add a button up there, on the bar? I am extremely annoyed because File Explorer doesn't work well either, it doesn't refresh when you delete something and sometimes it says "file in use" when it's not true.
- i completely agree. new context menu is a retardation of windows.
do these devs not use windows at all? do they not realise how many times a day some of us need to refresh file explorer, or send shortcuts to the desktop?
seriously, at this point i kinda want my money back. this is not the product i paid for, windows is some iPhone level fashion-accessory now, not a IT tool.
even delete, copy, etc being in icon form instead of in the list with everything else is a pain in the proverbial hole Hi Azmart,
If you want to disable Show More Options from the Windows 11 Context Menu, please apply the below command in the elevated (Run as admin) mode of cmd.
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /veAfter the above command, press CTRL + ALT + DEL to launch GINA (Graphical Identification and Authentication) screen and select Task Manager, find and restart the Windows Explorer as shown in the screenshot.
Disabling Show More Options from the Windows 11, Restart Windows Explorer
- Thank you. But what I really wanted was to add a refresh option on the current new UI.
If you want to revert back above changes, you need to execute the below cmdlet in cmd:
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
