Tag: windows 11

Enable Administrator Login in Windows 11

Did you accidentally lock your administrator login by attempting the wrong password too many times? Do you need to re-enable the account, and reset the password? Try the following :

  1. Hold SHIFT and click the power icon on the lock screen. Continue holding SHIFT and click on “Restart”. This will boot the machine into Troubleshooting mode
  2. Select “Advanced Options” on the “Troubleshoot” screen
  3. Select “Command Prompt”. This will open a command prompt window.
  4. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command :
    net user Administrator /active:yes
  5. Now that the Administrator account has been re-enabled, you can set a new password by typing this command :
    net user Administrator <type your password here>
  6. Close the Command Prompt window
  7. Restart the computer
  8. Login with the Administrator account with the password you just set

Restore the Old “Right-click” Context Menus in Windows 11

If you’re like me and don’t dig the new cartoony icons for cut, copy, and paste in Windows 11 when you right click on things; you can use this terminal command to bring back the old context menus.

  1. Hit Windows Key + X
  2. Select “Terminal”
  3. In the terminal window, copy and paste :
    reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
  4. Hit Enter
  5. Reboot your machine.

After you reboot, the right-click context menu should be displayed in the old way, with “Copy”, “Cut”, “Paste”, and “Delete” being words, and not icons.