After successfully using the regedit fix below, after last week's windows 11 update, I no longer see the classic ribbon. This new file manager is so dysfunctional for me that I will downgrade back to windows 10 if there is no fix. Very frustrating. Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks for your help,
Nancy
To restore the classic ribbon to the File Explorer interface, type “regedit” into the Windows 11 search tool and select Regedit from the search results. Using the left-hand window, navigate to this key, as shown in Figure B.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
We have to create a new key, so right-click the Shell Extensions folder and select New | Key and give it the name Blocked, as shown in Figure C.
Now we must add a string value. Right-click the Blocked key you just created, and select New | String Value and then enter the following string value as its name, as shown in Figure D:
{e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7}
Figure D
To restore the classic file explorer with ribbon go to Step 6 else go to Step 7 to use the default modern file explorer in Windows 11.
- In the Edit String window, type <added> in the Value data field to restore to the classic Windows 10 File Explorer with a ribbon in Windows 11.
Click on OK.
Reboot your PC orlog out and log in for the changes to come into effect.
- In the Edit String window, type <delete> in the text box below Value data to make use of themodern file explorer with the command bar in Windows 11.
Click on OK to save the changes.