Upgrade to 0.60 the PowerRename context menu is disappeared

[ldqk]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.60

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerRename

Steps to reproduce

When I upgrade from 0.59.1 to 0.60,the PowerRename context menu is disappeared but the enable state is enabled in PowerRename Settings page as show in screenshot:


I was try to switch enable/disable PowerRename switch however the context menu still have not appear.
When I downgrade to 0.59.1 the PowerRename context menu is works normal.

✔️ Expected Behavior

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❌ Actual Behavior

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Other Software

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[Aaron-Junker]

Do you have Windows 11?

/bugreport

[ghost]

Hi there!

We need a bit more information to really debug this issue. Can you add a "Report Bug" zip file here? You right click on our system tray icon and just go to report bug. Then drag the zipfile from your desktop onto the GitHub comment box in this issue. Thanks!

[ldqk]

Yes,It's Windows 11 v22622,this is bug reports file:
PowerToysReport_2022-07-08-15-34-08.zip

[jaimecbernardo]

On Windows 11 there's the known issue of having to restart the computer before it recognizes the tier 1 context menus. Have you tried restarting the computer yet? Restarting explorer.exe should work too. /needinfo

[ldqk]

I have restart computer but it still doesn't works!

[jaimecbernardo]

According to the logs, the package has installed successfully, so it's not a package install error. Did you restart with PowerRename enabled? Not sure what might be causing this.
In PowerShell, does Get-AppXPackage -Name *PowerRename* give any results?

[htcfreek]

@jaimecbernardo
OS Version 226* is 22H2. And the screenshots showing the extended context menu.

@ldqk
Did you enabled the menu for the extended menu?

[ldqk]

Yes,the package is installed but context menu is no longer available.

[jaimecbernardo]

@jaimecbernardo OS Version 226* is 22H2. And the screenshots showing the extended context menu.

Yes, that's beta channel. I've tested there and it worked.

[jaimecbernardo]

@ldqk , what file are you trying to select to rename? We saw some issues where some files are not being detected as rename-able, such as the "Recent" files.

[ldqk]

@ldqk , what file are you trying to select to rename? We saw some issues where some files are not being detected as rename-able, such as the "Recent" files.

I want to try rename some regular folders, the path such as E:\Downloads\xxx ,but it works on version 0.59.1.

[jaimecbernardo]

If you select in Settings to "only show on extended context menu" and shift right-click the file, does it still work?
I don't know if it's the fact that's inside Downloads that's causing this, can we please check a single file inside "E:\Downloads\xxx" to check if it behaves the same way?

[ldqk]

I've try to switch "only show on extended context menu" option,and try to rename other folders but it still doesn't works.

[jaimecbernardo]

You have to Shift+Right click to show the extended context menu. You're doing this, right?

[ldqk]

Yes,Shift+Right click,I make sure I doing correctly.

[ldqk]

Manually or if there was any way I can add power rename to the context menu,regedit? because I really need this function!

[jaimecbernardo]

What does your right click menu look like? (Before clicking show extra options)
Remove the setting to "Only show on extended context menu" first before trying, though.

[ldqk]

My right-click menu has been modified to look like windows10 by third tools

[jaimecbernardo]

What you can do while we figure this out is perhaps remove the appxpackage for the context menu, so that a fallback kicks in.
In powershell in Admin mode:

Get-AppXPackage -Name *PowerRename* | Remove-AppXPackage

[ldqk]

What you can do while we figure this out is perhaps remove the appxpackage for the context menu, so that a fallback kicks in. In powershell in Admin mode:

Get-AppXPackage -Name *PowerRename* | Remove-AppXPackage

I have executed this command succeed

[ldqk]

Ahhhhhh! Amazing! A miracle happened! When I have executed this command:

Get-AppXPackage -Name *PowerRename* | Remove-AppXPackage

the PowerRename context menu works normal!

[jaimecbernardo]

My right-click menu has been modified to look like windows10 by third tools

Which tools are that? I think it might be some incompatibility there.

[jaimecbernardo]

I guess we can try to always show the old controls alongside the new Windows 11 tier 1 ones 🤷

[ldqk]

My right-click menu has been modified to look like windows10 by third tools

Which tools are that? I think it might be some incompatibility there.

I modified to classic context menu use by a tool named "StartAllBack"，but I don't think it caused by incompatibility, In a word,this issue has been solved by executed Remove-AppXPackage command,thank you very much!

[jaimecbernardo]

I modified to classic context menu use by a tool named "StartAllBack"，but I don't think it caused by incompatibility, In a word,this issue has been solved by executed Remove-AppXPackage command,thank you very much!

That's because there's a fallback to call the older context menu when the package is not installed ;)
It might try to install again when PowerRename restarts, though.

[Aaron-Junker]

I guess we can try to always show the old controls alongside the new Windows 11 tier 1 ones 🤷

Isn't that what most apps do?

[Forinil]

On Windows 11 there's the known issue of having to restart the computer before it recognizes the tier 1 context menus. Have you tried restarting the computer yet? Restarting explorer.exe should work too. /needinfo

Restarting Windows makes it show up in the extended context menu - if you enable that option before the restart - but not in the regular one. Restarting explorer.exe doesn't seem to work.

[anksingla]

Related so posting here, but let me know if I should file a new bug:

Just installed PowerTools. PowerRename shows up in the context menu when "Default and extended context menu" is selected in settings, but not when "Extended context menu only" is selected. Running version 0.60 on Windows 11 and restarted the computer as well as explorer.

PowerToysReport_2022-07-13-17-45-56.zip

Edit: fixed a link

[jaimecbernardo]

This is fixed on https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.60.1

[jaimecbernardo]

@anksingla The extended context menu is for pressing shift+right click

[anksingla]

Thanks! I'll try the new version