# Windows 11 Explorer menu item gone using v3.17 and OpenShell

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-11-explorer-menu-item-gone-using-v3-17-and-openshell/58053
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-11-explorer-menu-item-gone-using-v3-17-and-openshell/58053 "2022-07-29T20:23:44Z")
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### Author: ![bigbear22941](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/bigbear22941/32/8134_2.png) [@bigbear22941](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigbear22941)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-11-explorer-menu-item-gone-using-v3-17-and-openshell/58053/1 "2022-07-29T20:23:44Z")

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since 3.17 the explorer entry of Mp3Tag is gone on Windows 11  
(using OpenShell)

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-11-explorer-menu-item-gone-using-v3-17-and-openshell/58053/2 "2022-07-29T21:07:44Z")

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I‘m not familiar with OpenShell but a manual registration might solve the issue:

> [@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 \<path to Mp3tag installation\> regsvr32 Mp3tagShell.dll

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### Author: ![mister.cool](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/mister.cool/32/257_2.png) [@mister.cool](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mister.cool)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-11-explorer-menu-item-gone-using-v3-17-and-openshell/58053/3 "2022-08-07T16:44:57Z")

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Thank you Florian!  
This worked on my new W11 machine. I've seen missing context entries on other software freshly installed as well.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-11-explorer-menu-item-gone-using-v3-17-and-openshell/58053/4 "2022-09-06T16:45:45Z")

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