Troubleshooting Slow Right-Click Context Menu in Windows

Slow right-click context menus can be frustrating, and most of the time, the problem is caused by certain items or too many items on the context menu. This solution should help resolve the issue. Please be sure to BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY before proceeding, in case anything goes wrong.

Steps to Fix Slow Right-Click Context Menu:
  1. Open the Registry Editor: Start > Run > regedit.exe
  2. Navigate to the following location:
    3. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
  3. Delete all entries in this folder, except for the NEW and Workfolders folders.

That's it! This is a quick and easy way to fix the slow right-click menu in Windows 10/8.