Restore the Windows 10 File Explorer in Windows 11

In this video, I show you how you can get back the full Windows 10 File Explorer ribbon in your new installation of Windows 11. Thanks to tomshardware.com for the steps. Key steps:

1. Open Regedit. You can do this in Windows 11 by hitting Windows + R

2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions

3. Create a registry key called Blocked if it doesn't exist and navigate to it

4. Right-click in the right window pane and select New String / Value

5. Rename your value to {e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7}

6. Close Regedit and restart your PC