By Hally | Last Updated
Have you ever had problems with the mouse cursor taking too long to load when you click the right mouse button on the desktop or on any folder? Windows 10 and 11 right-click menu slows down over time due to multiple third-party applications on the system that typically install contextual menu extensions and ultimately impact overall productivity.
In this post, I will give you different workarounds to solve right click keeps loading forever in Windows 10 and 11.
Step 1: Use Windows+R to open the Run dialog box, type regedit, and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
Step 2: Locate the following path in the registry, expand the ContextMenuHandlers folder, then click to delete all folders except FileSyncEx, New, Sharing and WorkFolders. Finally, close the registry editor and restart your PC.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Step 1: Use Windows+R to open the Run dialog box, type msconfig, and click OK to open the system configuration.
Step 2: Move to the General tab and make sure the Selective startup option is checked, and uncheck the Load Startup items option.
Step 3: Then click the Services tab, tick the box for Hide all Microsoft services, then click Disable all, and finally click OK to save the changes.
Step 4: Now that all conflicting startup items have been successfully disabled, move to the Startup tab and click the Open Task Manager option.
Step 5: In the Startup window, you need to find and disable the enabled startup programs. You just right-click the it and choose Disable.
Step 1: Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc simultaneously to open Task Manager. Find Windows Explorer under the Processes tab, right click and select End task.
Step 2: Click on File, select Run new task, type explorer.exe in the box after Open, check Create this task with administrative privileges option. Then click OK to finish the change. Finally, check if the issue with the right click which always keep loading state is solved.
Step 1: Type CMD in the search bar and click Run as administrator.
Step 2: Execute the following command. This operation will automatically scan and repair the corrupted file.
sfc /scannow
Step 3: If SFC cannot repair some or all of the files, you can choose DISM scan. We can use DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth to scan the image for component store corruption, automate repair operations, and log the corruption to a log file. This usually takes 15-30 minutes, depending on the corruption and size of the partition.
Step 4: After running DISM, it's a good idea to rerun sfc /scannow to make sure all issues are fixed.
Step 1: Press the Windows+S keys simultaneously to launch the search bar, type Device Manager, and click OK to open.
Step 2: Expand Mice and other pointing devices option, double click on HID-compliant mouse. This operation will pop up the Properties window of the mouse. Then move to the Driver tab and click on Update Driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue. Then reboot your Windows 10/11 computer.
Step 1: Open your registry editor.
Step 2: Locate the following path in the Registry Editor. Find the TabletMode key in the right window. To turn off Tablet Mode, change its value to 0. Click OK to finish the setting. Then check if this method solves the right click always loading problem.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell
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