Disabling the useless features in Windows 11

Today I reinstalled the system, and here are the ways to disabling some useless features in Windows 11.

1. Restore the full context menu

The new design of the context menu in Windows 11 is really a disaster, and it must be removed.

Here is how to do it:

1. Press Win+X to open PowerShell (as Administrator).

2. Run the following command:

   1reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
   

3. Open the the Task Manager

4. Find the Windows Explorer process, terminate it

5. Click the “Run new task”, enter explorer and press Enter to restart the explorer.

2. Disable the online search feature in the Windows search interface

The Windows 11 search interface will connect to the Bing search engine by default, which is not only slow but also helpless.

Here is how to disable it:

1. Press Win+R, enter regedit to start the Registry Editor.

2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows.

3. Right-click on the Windows key, and create a new key named Explorer.

4. In the new Explorer key, create a new DWord value named DisableSearchBoxSuggestions, and set the value to 1.

5. Restart the explorer as we mentioned before.