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Contextual Menu Windows 10 does not work | ERROR SOLUTION

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Fix context menu not working error Windows 10

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The computer has become one of the essential devices for our day to day since thanks to the PC we have the possibility of carrying out a number of different tasks , related to the internet connection or the creation and management of different files. That is why having the computer configured correctly and with all its utilities at 100% is important so that the use that we can give it is adequate..

 

 

Normally we use the Windows 10 context menu on the desktop to perform certain tasks such as:

• Create new files or folders

• Show desktop icons or not

• Access display settings and more

 

 

 

 

 

This is a function built into Windows 10 but in some cases it may turn out that the options available for this purpose are not displayed. So TechnoWikis will give you some practical solutions that will allow the context menu to work as it should.

 

 

Fix context menu not working error Windows 10

 

Validate tablet mode

As its name indicates, it is a method that has been developed to be used with Windows 10 touch systems, so if we have a normal computer but enabled this mode, it is natural that the context menu does not respond as expected.

 

To deactivate this tablet mode we must go to the Notification Center located in the lower right corner of the taskbar or use the Windows + A keys, then click on "Tablet mode" to deactivate it:

 

 

Use keyboard methods

Windows 10 allows you to use a series of key combinations that allow you to perform various actions on the system and one of them is naturally access to the context menu. To use our keyboard, just press the contextual menu key which is arranged next to the right Windows key on the physical keyboard.

 

 

 

Restart Windows Explorer

Most of the system tasks go through Windows Explorer (do not confuse it with File Explorer), when used for a long time it is possible that sometimes some type of blockage is present and access to the context menu is affected.

 

To restart Windows Explorer we access the Task Manager and we will have two options to restart it:

• Right clicking on "Windows Explorer" and selecting "Restart"

• Select "Windows Explorer" and click on the "Restart" button at the bottom

 

 

 

 

 

Update mouse and keyboard drivers

Because it is possible to open the context menu either from the keyboard or with the right click of the mouse, if the drivers for these devices are outdated, they will undoubtedly have a negative impact on the execution of the commands.

 

To update the drivers we open the Device Manager using one of the following options:

• Right clicking on the Start menu

• Using the Windows + X keys

• With the Home or Cortana search engine

• With the Run command we enter devmgmt.msc

 

In the Administrator we will locate the keyboard and mouse drivers, right click on them and select "Update driver":

 

 

It will be possible to update the driver either automatically or manually. Based on this we can determine whether or not we have the latest drivers available:

 

 

 

Check power settings options

Some power settings can affect the behavior of the keyboard or mouse in order to save energy.

 

Therefore we can check if this is the case, from the Device Manager we will go to the section "Universal serial bus controllers", right click on "USB composite device" and select "Properties":

 

 

In the displayed window we will go to the "Power Management" tab and there we deactivate the "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save energy" box. We accept the changes..

 

 

 

Configure local group policies

This is a process available for the Pro, Education and Enterprise editions of Windows 10, for this we open Run and enter "gpedit.msc":

 

 

We click OK and we will go to the following route:

• User settings

• Administrative Templates

• Windows Components

• File Browser

 

In the central part we place the policy called "Remove the default contextual menu from File Explorer":

 

 

We double click on this policy and in the displayed window we activate the "Disabled" box. We click on Apply and OK to save the changes.

 

 

 

Run DISM

DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) is a tool built into Windows 10 to support system images. To use it to correct context menu problems, we access PowerShell or CMD as administrators and there we execute the following:

 DISM.exe / Online / Cleanup-image / Restorehealth 

 

After this we will execute the following:

 sfc / scannow 

This is responsible for scanning the Windows 10 NTFS file system for errors.

 

 

 

 

 

Run a virus or malware scan

Many viruses or malware prevent the system and its functions from working as expected, so it is advisable to run an analysis of the computer to detect any anomaly, in this case we can use a third-party antivirus or use Windows Defender which is the built-in antivirus in Windows 10:

 

 

Final advice

There are another series of options to consider and that may be useful:

• Change keyboard or mouse in case of hardware errors

• Roll back to a previous version of Windows or restore the system

• In the case of HP computers we must go to the path "C: \ Program Files \ Portrait Displays \ HP Display Control" and there rename PdiShellExt.dll to PdiShellExt.old, restart the computer

 

With some of these tips we will recover the operation of the context menu of Windows 10..

 

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