Missing contextmenu regarding reorganize option

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Hi, reinstalled Windows 11 Pro + Opus 13.3 a few days ago. I needed the option "Take Ownership" to the Context Menu, as I used to have before reinstalling. This does work as expected in File explorer, but not in Opus. In Opus I only see this option in the context menu available with individual files, but not with folders nor drives. So that's a first for me, as I had this function properly working on all files/folders for years before last reinstall.

I found the topic Tip: Organise and Speed-Up Context Menus and hoped to fix this issue using this tutorial, but the whole Context Menu -- for normal software option is not present, only the Context Menu (UWP) version is available.

So how do I get to reorganize my contextmenu?

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Can you tell us where that context menu comes from? Is it something you added yourself via the registry?

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Yes, I downloaded the reg-file from Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum Did step 2 on that page. Works like a charm in File explorer.

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Thanks. We should be able to fix this in the future, but it's a little complicated.

In the meantime, you can make it work by deleting or renaming the following value in the registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\TakeOwnership -> AppliesTo

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Renaming did not work out good for me. Did not do a thing in Opus, but disabled this function in File Explorer. Just deleting the value worked out fine though, in both Opus and Explorer.

Glad it works now, for whenever I need this function. But still don't understand why/when this went to be an issue, while it worked good in the past, without the need to tamper with the registry...

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Possibly the way they've designed the context menu item has changed from when you last installed it.

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This will work properly in the next update without having to modify the registry.

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Great! Will you also include this as an option in Preferences? Would be handy.