# MP3Tag no longer in context menu Win11
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153 "2022-08-08T12:30:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@The\_Elf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Elf)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/1 "2022-08-08T12:30:33Z")
I saw advice to restart explorer.exe in Task Manager, but I can't find that reference in TM. A restart makes no difference.
A full uninstall /re-install also makes no difference.
This seems to have happened since installing 3.17
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/2 "2022-08-08T12:36:17Z")
see also this thread:
> [@Error during installation of shell extension on Windows 11 build 25169 (Insider Dev Channel)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-during-installation-of-shell-extension-on-windows-11-build-25169-insider-dev-channel/58045):
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> Got error in Window 11 build 25169, both 32 and 64, "MP3tagShell.msix error 0x80080204" return to version 3.16 and is working OK
... and please go through the other threads that can be found with "Windows 11 explorer" as search words.
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### Author:  [@The\_Elf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Elf)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/3 "2022-08-08T13:25:34Z")
I didn't get any error during installation.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/4 "2022-08-08T13:36:09Z")
Win11 seems to be causing several issues that weren't present through Win 10 implementations.
[https://community.mp3tag.de/search?q=win11%20context](https://community.mp3tag.de/search?q=win11%20context)
Seems there is a positive result in most of these threads.
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### Author:  [@The\_Elf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Elf)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/5 "2022-08-08T15:56:56Z")
I've been through everything I can see. I've got nowhere. Still no context menu entry. Other utilities (e.g. Bulk Rename, Filename Copy, 7-Zip) are there, but no longer MP3Tag. Nothing I've tried has made any difference.
FWIW, since this question seems key to the problem in some of those threads, I used WinAeroTweak moths ago to restore the Win11 right-click context menu.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/6 "2022-08-08T16:04:50Z")
> [@The\_Elf](#):
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> WinAeroTweak
See here:
> [@Context Menu on Windows 11](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/context-menu-on-windows-11/54629):
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> Borderline bug / feature enhancement request: the new context menu in Windows 11's Explorer means that mp3tag will need an update to context menu handling to surface it in the main context menu rather than in the "show more options" (backwards compatbility) menu. Is this on the roadmap and any idea when this might become available?
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### Author:  [@The\_Elf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Elf)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/7 "2022-08-08T16:27:06Z")
As I said, I've already recovered the Right-Click context menu. That's not the problem here.
The problem is that MP3Tag does not show in the list.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/8 "2022-08-08T16:32:55Z")
Can you please try this:
> [@No Explorer context menu on Windows 11](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-explorer-context-menu-on-windows-11/57662/24):
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> OK, as a last resort you can try manually registering the shell extension from a command prompt with admin rights: cd \ regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll
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### Author:  [@The\_Elf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Elf)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/9 "2022-08-08T17:21:58Z")
I repeat: I _have_ got the Right-Click context menu working in Win11 just as it was in Win10. This is not the problem.
The problem I have is that MP3Tag does not show in the list of contextual items.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/10 "2022-08-08T17:25:15Z")
> [@The\_Elf](#):
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> I repeat:
Yes, we read that.
So, apparently, it has to be repeated also: have you carried out the manual registration (which is only to add MP3tag to the right-click menu, not to revive the menu itself)?
Here is a request for posters who ask for support:
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
So, it would be nice to hear/read what you have done so far and what the result was.
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### Author:  [@The\_Elf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Elf)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/11 "2022-08-08T18:36:23Z")
Yes I did the manual registry fix, as per the guidance above. It said it had worked, but still no entry in the context menu. So...
I reverted to 3.16 and that fixed it. I'm going to remain on that version for a while now. I'll skip a few versions.
Thanks for the help.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/12 "2022-08-20T06:58:23Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Windows Explorer does not show tag data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-explorer-does-not-show-tag-data/58246)
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### Author:  [@albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/albiek1976)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/13 "2022-08-25T16:00:46Z")
Thanks. I had use this today and it worked!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-in-context-menu-win11/58153/14 "2026-02-09T12:29:53Z")