### Author:  [@DataMeister](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DataMeister)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/1 "2026-02-11T02:56:33Z")
After installing v3.33.1 the right click context menu item in Windows 11 was removed or it disappeared. I tried a second time and made sure the proper checkbox was checked in the installer, but no luck.
Reverting back to 3.32 restored it.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/2 "2026-02-11T05:51:48Z")
It's still available via the installer and restarting `explorer.exe` or even the computer usually makes it visible again. There are even cases where you [need to click twice](https://blog.yuo.be/2024/07/10/everyday-windows-annoyances-the-mercurial-context-menu/) to get what you want.
See also here
> [@Installation & Backup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/5):
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> Right-click context menu is missing on Windows 11 Assuming you've already restarted explorer.exe via the right-click context menu in Task Manager (or have rebooted Windows), this is happening sometimes on Windows 11 for reasons which I still trying to find out. What might help in those cases and when the classic context menu is preferred, is to manually register the shell extension from a command prompt with admin rights: cd \ regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll
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Moving to #Support
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### Author:  [@DataMeister](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DataMeister)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/3 "2026-02-11T06:04:33Z")
I wonder why 3.33.1 would remove it or cause it to fail, but then reinstalling 3.32 brings it back immediately. Without having to restart explorer.exe or Windows.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/4 "2026-02-11T06:10:05Z")
The associated DLL was most likely still loaded in one of the running processes. Since the DLL needed to be replaced with the update, see the changelog
> [2026-02-05] CHG: improved handling of long paths in the File Explorer context menu shell extension (requires restart to be updated if already installed).
it seems that it didn't had the chance to do so.
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/5 "2026-02-11T14:43:43Z")
> [@Florian](#):
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> There are even cases where you [need to click twice](https://blog.yuo.be/2024/07/10/everyday-windows-annoyances-the-mercurial-context-menu/) to get what you want.
This happens to me 100% of the time. First right-click of the day, no Mp3tag. Second one, a millisecond later, and there it is!
I’m guessing you have no idea why, Florian?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/6 "2026-02-11T16:47:02Z")
Unfortunately, no idea. It's most likely Windows 11 doing its thing.
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### Author:  [@DataMeister](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DataMeister)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/7 "2026-02-11T17:38:49Z")
Installing the update again and then rebooting fixed the problem for me.
I’ve never had the need to right click twice. I have a few other icons that are displayed as well like Mediainfo, NanaZip, and for some reason Edit in Notepad.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-33-1-right-click-context-menu-was-removed/70664/8 "2026-02-18T17:39:15Z")
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