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The correct feature we are modifying is "Remove Windows Explorer's Default Context Menu". Note: as I discovered, some websites I came across said that the feature to modify is "Remove file menu from Windows Explorer" - this is NOT the correct. Windows Explorer's Default Context Menu".

On the right side of the window, scroll down until you see: "Remove.

Under the User Configuration menu, navigate to: Administrative Templates -> Windows Components, then left click on Windows Explorer.

On the left of the screen, locate the "User Configuration" menu option and expand the list.

This will open the Local Group Policy editor. Inside the command prompt, type in: "gpedit.msc" (no quotes) and press Enter.

Click Start, type in "command prompt" wait for "Command Prompt" to appear in the list, then click it.

Reinstating the right click context menu in Windows Server 2008 is done using the group policy editor. How to Fix: Windows Server 2008 Right Click Context Menu Missing Therefore, the only way to fix this is using the group policy editor. In other words, if you try to fix this with a registry hack on a Windows Server or machines connected to a domain on a Windows Server, it might work immediately, but it will lose its setting the next time the group policy objects are refreshed. I also discovered that the same setting can also be changed with the registry editor, however, group policy objects such as the "Remove Windows Explorer's Default Context Menu" feature will automatically be refreshed by the Windows Server after a specific amount of time (usually 30 minutes), which always trumps a registry hack.

At any rate, I asked David if I could connect to his server by remote and have a look, and he agreed.Īfter a bit of research I confirmed that the right click context menu (or dialogue menu) is actually a group policy object called "Remove Windows Explorer's Default Context Menu". Group Policy Objects (or GPOs) are used to control very specific settings of Windows and Windows Servers (and even an entire network of computers connected to a Windows Server). Can you help? "Īdmittedly I was not sure why this was happening but had a suspicion it was related to a group policy object setting. The right click context menu is also missing on all of our machines connected to the domain. For example, if we login as the Administrator on the server and try and right click an icon on the desktop, nothing happens. One of the things that has been broken for a very long time is the right click context menu. Our company is running Windows Server 2008 Standard edition.