# \[Suggestion\] The installer should add the classic Windows context menu as well

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-the-installer-should-add-the-classic-windows-context-menu-as-well/63576
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** installation
**Created:** [January 27, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-the-installer-should-add-the-classic-windows-context-menu-as-well/63576 "2024-01-27T15:57:29Z")
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### Author: ![ricky](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@ricky](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ricky)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-the-installer-should-add-the-classic-windows-context-menu-as-well/63576/1 "2024-01-27T15:57:29Z")

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Suggestion: The installer should add the classic Windows 11/10 context menu as well.

In details:  
Support for the new Windows 11 context menu was added in v3.11 (2021-10-29). From this version and on, only the new Windows 11 context menu is created during installation.  
Until then (up to v3.10) the installer created the classic context menu instead.

So, my suggestion is that the installer should also create the classic Windows 11/10 context menu.

Yes, I am aware of the comment in [Classic context menu with Total Commander in Windows 11 - #2 by Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/classic-context-menu-with-total-commander-in-windows-11/59332/2), that is to manually run from a command prompt with admin rights:

```dosbatch
cd <path to Mp3tag installation>
regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll

```

which indeed creates the classic context menu for me. So, what I am suggesting is the installer to execute the above commands, so that the classic context menu is also created during installation.

Comparison of the context menus: new (3.24 or 3.11) vs old(missing) (3.10)  
 ![Screenshot 2024-01-27 171956](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/f/8/f819de1d976c53ab81ce5e2be16672bb029f3528.png) ![Screenshot 2024-01-27 172115](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/4/9/49a11a0b460c4232854caadb374918a38570b50e.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2024-01-27 173910](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/a/2/a25bbb06ea49d870a32fde0aac5adf00e6e8b4e0.png)

Using Mp3tag 3.24 x64 with win11.

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Thank you

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### Author: ![DallasDave](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dallasdave/32/9813_2.png) [@DallasDave](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DallasDave)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-the-installer-should-add-the-classic-windows-context-menu-as-well/63576/2 "2024-04-30T19:32:46Z")

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I'm surprised no one has responded to this. I also can no longer open groups of files using the windows right context menu. There used to be an "MP3tag" option but it has not been there for several months now.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-the-installer-should-add-the-classic-windows-context-menu-as-well/63576/3 "2024-05-01T09:09:17Z")

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![Screenshot_3](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/c/f/cf3a591e8fd27589d19986fcd2740dc57ecf4cdf.jpeg)  
This context menu has MP3tag as entry.  
What kind of installation have you chosen? See Help\>About MP3tag. Portable installations do not have a context menu entry.  
For all other installations:  
see the top post.

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### Author: ![masterm1nd](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@masterm1nd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/masterm1nd)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-the-installer-should-add-the-classic-windows-context-menu-as-well/63576/4 "2024-11-17T19:21:36Z")

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> [@ricky](#):
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> `cd <path to Mp3tag installation>`  
> `regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll`

did the trick. I missed the entry for Mp3tag with right mouse click in TC, too.