Windows 10: Restore "Explore" Item in Context Menus?

Windows 7 saw the removal of the "Explore" item in the context menus. I know why, it was redundant, but I still would like to restore it.

Here's the Recycle Bin context menu in Windows 2000:





And the same context menu in W10 after a bit of editing:





So, any tips on how to restore that option? Tips? Suggestions? I'd really like to find out to do it, and I would appreciate any input.

Cheers.

:)

 

Restore "Explore" Item in Context Menus?

Windows 7 saw the removal of the "Explore" item in the context menus. I know why, it was redundant, but I still would like to restore it.

Here's the Recycle Bin context menu in Windows 2000:





And the same context menu in W10 after a bit of editing:





So, any tips on how to restore that option? Advice? Suggestions? I'd really like to find out to do it, and I would appreciate any input.

Cheers. *Smile

 

Restore "Explore" Item in Context Menus?

Copy the following, paste it into Notepad, save that as a .reg file and Merge it...

Code:

( @Brink : Again, I apologize if you already have a tutorial for this, if so, please post! *Wink )

 

Restore "Explore" Item in Context Menus?

Well, strictly speaking it wasn't quite the same thing. 'Open' would give an Explorer windows without a navigation pane while 'Explore' would have one.

Here's what Open vs. Explore looked like in XP (I presume Vista would look much the same). As the first thing most people (well, me anyway) did after clicking 'Open' was to click the 'Folders' button to bring up the navigation pane it was 'Open' that was redundant and was removed, with 'Explore' then renamed to Open.





If you want to find out just how annoying the old 'Open' functionality was, then you can recreate it by turning off the navigation pane in File Explorer. See how long you can last before turning it back on again *Biggrin