Missing Windows Explorer context menu in Win 11

[paulkaye]

I've been using Win 10 for years, and just moved to a new PC running Win 11.
Whereas my old system had at least one PDF xchange item in the explorer context menu ("combine in pdf x-change editor"), that seems to be missing in my new installation. Any idea how to make the context menu item(s) appear?
In case it's relevant, I imported all of my pdf x-change settings from my old system.

[Dimitar - PDF-XChange]

Hello paulkaye,

Please try this solution and see if it will help in resolving this issue:


https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... extensions


Regards.

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello,

In addition to Dimitar's suggestion, it is worth noting that microsoft changed how the right click menu works in win11. Specifically, there are two different shell menus, one which is more locked down that is displayed by default:

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If you click "Show more options" at the bottom of this, or select the file, and then Shift+Right click You will instead see the old "win10" shell menu, which is where our buttons live.

Kind regards,

[UresiaD3]

Super helpful thread! If anyone else hits the same problem, checking the security settings and making sure the file isn’t locked usually does the trick. Also worth trying ‘Save As’ to rebuild the PDF — that’s fixed it for me more than once.

[paulkaye]

Super helpful thread! If anyone else hits the same problem, checking the security settings and making sure the file isn’t locked usually does the trick. Also worth trying ‘Save As’ to rebuild the PDF — that’s fixed it for me more than once.

@UresiaD3 - Are you sure you're responding in the correct thread?

[paulkaye]

Daniel - thanks for pointing out this change in Win11 that I had not yet appreciated.
Dimitar - I think that the "setup utility" option on the page to which you linked seems the simplest for me, but I can't figure out which of the handlers is relevant to my particular issue. Which of them should I be manipulating?

[Dimitar - PDF-XChange]

Hello paulkaye,

Please set all fields like this:

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Regards.