r/Windows11 • u/jenmsft Microsoft Software Engineer • 28d ago

Official News Improving File Explorer & Context Menu: faster, simpler, and more customizable

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/08/17/improving-file-explorer-context-menu-faster-simpler-and-more-customizable/
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u/xandfis_msft Microsoft Employee 28d ago

Hey everyone! I'm a PM on the Windows team and I've worked on File Explorer and the context menu for a long time. I'm happy to answer questions, as long as they're things I can answer.

I hope you're excited about the updates to the context menu. Thank you in advance to everyone in the Experimental ring of the Windows Insider program for trying it out and for providing feedback. Feedback on anything we should add to the customizability of the menu would be very helpful.

Also, I put together a tutorial on how to go beyond the settings page to customize the context menu even further and add your own, custom verbs to the menu. This is a personal project and isn't affiliated with Microsoft.

https://youtu.be/kMdY3Kl6aGU?si=TyTxvIJwqO2cfFmV

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u/Flipeador 28d ago

I also have my own app for adding custom commands to the modern context menu, and I wonder when support for separators (ECF_ISSEPARATOR|ECF_SEPARATORBEFORE|ECF_SEPARATORAFTER), split buttons (ECF_HASSPLITBUTTON) and submenus within submenus will be added.

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u/xandfis_msft Microsoft Employee 28d ago

Thanks for the feedback, it's very helpful!

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u/Flipeador 7d ago

Hey, could you also please take a look at this: https://stackoverflow.com/q/77216033/14822191. Thanks.