How to Fix Old Classic Context Menu Problem in Windows Vista and 7
Sometimes Windows Vista and 7 users face a strange problem. Whenever they right-click on an item or in free space, they get the old classic context menu instead of the new WPF enabled context menu as shown in following screenshot:
This problem occurs because of Norton products. Actually Norton installs its own entry in context menu which breaks whole context menu and Windows starts showing the classic context menu. As you can see in the above screenshot, there is an entry for “Norton AntiVirus“.
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To solve this problem, you just need to either disable Norton context menu entry from its Settings or uninstall Norton completely. It’ll fix the problem and you’ll get the new WPF enabled context menu back:
Also read:
[FIX] WinRAR Causes Wide Context Menu Bug in Windows Vista, Server 2008 and 7
This also occurs with Notepad++ and Cisco Network Magic
Also happens with Moo0 Transparent Menu if menu skin changed
Screenshot : s9.postimg.org/8kp5lj8db/Old_Context_Menu.png
in windows 7 when someone try to write filename in file name section of notepad windows context menu appears and erases file name.
in the same way in firefox search box when writing something,suddenly in the middle of writing win7 context menu appears and erases search phrase.please tell me what to do.
Thanks.
^^ It seems a faulty key problem on your keyboard. Try with a different keyboard first.