You’d install 7-Zip, right-click a file or folder… and nothing. No “Add to archive,” no “Extract here.” Panic? Not yet.
But that extra click annoyed power users. The 7-Zip team responded: starting from version (late 2021), 7-Zip added an option to integrate directly into the Windows 11 context menu. 7-zip windows 11 context menu
Here’s what happened: Windows 11 introduced a that only shows basic commands (Copy, Paste, Rename, Delete, etc.). Older apps that hadn’t updated to support the new menu were relegated to a second layer — the “Show more options” item (Shift+F10 or click that entry). Click it, and the classic Windows 10-style menu appears, with 7-Zip sitting proudly in its usual spot. You’d install 7-Zip, right-click a file or folder…