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The update also adds the ability to pick the UI language used by PowerToys utilities.

Windows 11’s horrible context menu

The New+ feature in PowerToys is fine on its own.

PowerToys New+ feature

The latest version of PowerToys includes a feature called New+ that lets you create files and folders in File Explorer by using templates.

It works as advertised and makes it easier to create folders from templates.

But testing it out reminded me how much of a mess the default context menu in Windows 11 is.

The context menu is cluttered, has multiple layers, and mixes how it displays options.

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I’m hardly the first person to complain about the Windows 11 context menu.

That thing has been a mess since Microsoft first introduced it.

But the end result is a menu with two different designs that scale differently.

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