Hello Mp3tag Team / Community,
I’m having a persistent issue on Windows 11 Home: despite numerous attempts, the MP3tag context menunever shows up in Explorer for me — even thoughthe Mp3tagShell entry is present under ContextMenuHandlers in the registry.
Here’s everything I’ve tried so far (with help from community / tools) to fix it:
What I’ve done so far
Installed both 64-bitand 32-bitversions of MP3tag
Ensured the installation included Explorer context-menu extensionoption
Checked HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers and HKCR\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers — the Mp3tagShell entry is present
Manually registered the shell extension: regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll (as administrator)
Restarted Explorer, rebooted the system
Verified that no shell extension is disabled (e.g. using tools like ShellExView)
Tried rolling back / trying an older version of MP3tag
Attempted registry hack to restore classic context menu (the {86ca1aa0-…} hack)
Confirmed that Show more optionsis not present anywhere for me (i.e. I can’t even fallback to legacy menu)
Checked that other apps like Clipchampdoappear in my context menu (so context menu integration is working for some apps)
Observations & Environment
Windows version: Windows 11 Home, build: [insert your build number]
MP3tag version(s) tested: 3.31A, both 32 bit and 64 bit.
Installation path: C:\Program Files\Mp3tag and C:\Program Files (X86)\Mp3tag (I did not manually change those)
No “Show more options” context fallback is visible
The shell extension is present but simply not honored in Explorer
I’m not using a portable install — standard install
I have McAfee antivirus installed, which I suspect may interact with shell extensions
I’m hoping you or someone in the community can advise:
Is this a known bug / regression in MP3tag with Windows 11?
Are there additional registry locations I should check (beyond shellex\ContextMenuHandlers)?
Are there hidden permission or policy settings (especially in Home edition) that block shell extensions?
Any debug logs or tools I can run to see Explorer loading or rejecting the extension?
Thanks for your time and help. I love MP3tag (since 2019) and really want to get this working again on my new system.
Best regards,
Michael
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That's exactly what I did in the Registry, and it still doesn't work! I don't think you read my full post because I clearly explained I did the registry tweak and it still didn't fix it at all.
AFAI can tell the linked post does not say anything about a
but to register mp3tagshell.dll.
You claim to have done so but you also say that
which - depending on the throroughness of the process leaves certain bits at undesirable places.
As I cannot tell what else has happened in your system and what might be confusing, I am out.
I would take care to save the MP3tag configuration, uninstall everything and make sure that nothing is left anywhere and then start from scratch. FInally, restore the configuration.