
Me with your question so that I can write more articles like this one. If you have a computer question - or even a computer problem Got a Computer Question or Problem? Ask Dennis! It should now be working, and should also include the 'New' submenu. Now, test your right click menu on the desktop.You may receive an error such as: "ERROR: Delete request is partially completed" - you can safely ignore this error message. The text you highlighted in Step #1 should now be output to the command line. Right click in the middle of the administrative command prompt with your mouse and select "Paste" from the dialogue menu.This is known as an administrative command prompt. A black window should appear with the title "Administrator: CMD" or such. Next: click Start, then type in "CMD" (no quotes) wait for "CMD.EXE" or "Command Prompt" to appear in the list, then right click it and select "Run as Administrator".Right click over the text above and select "Copy" from the dialogue menu.Reg add HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New /VE /T REG_SZ /F /D Reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers /f Highlight the text below with your mouse:.My script onto a command line to fix the problem properly. This script will also reset the Explorer.exe task which will also stop the Unlike most 'how to' tutorials online regarding this issue, you won't need to navigate through the registry editor (regedit) to make it work.
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I've written a small script to fix the right click desktop menu issue, plus it will preserve the 'New' It also introduces yet another 'side effect' issue which Jared has accuratelyĭescribed - the 'New' submenu is now missing.

Using regedit in order to wipe out all the corrupted registry subkeys, but this is a very obfuscated approach to fixing the problem. The guides I've come across on the Internet state that the best way to deal with this is to manually edit the registry
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How to Fix: Right Click Desktop Not Working (Spinning Circle)Īfter researching this issue, it appears that the 'right click desktop menu broken with a spinning blue circle forever' issue has to do with a corrupt registry value. Remote desktop support service in order to have a closer look, and he agreed.īelow I will discuss my findings.

I asked Jared if he would like me to connect to his machine using my Or create a new text document on the desktop. Instead of the blue circle) however, the 'New' submenu which is normally part Update: Since I've emailed you, I'veįound a few so-called guides online to fix my problem (the menu now appears I've left it alone for an hour but the right click keeps loading foreverĪnd never produces a menu like it should.

Instead, the cursor circle keeps spinning forever. What normally appears is a dialogue menu that shows Display Settings, Personalize (the desktop), View, Sort by, and New (to create a folder, shortcut, text document, etc) - but When I right click on the desktop, all I get is aīlue circle. The right click on my desktop is not working.
