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Recently I noticed that Windows 11 has "Print" as the top action in the context menu for image files, which makes no sense to me. I would like to set this back to "Open" as the top action so that I don't keep accidentally bringing up the print menu when I just want to open it.

For more context, here is a screenshot of what I'm talking about.

Any help is much appreciated.

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  • Have you tried setting the default application for the file extension to your desired application? This is happening due to a registry key being associated with an incorrect application.
    – Ramhound
    May 28, 2022 at 4:59
  • As "Ramhound" says, resetting the default app for that file type would fix the issue. Also, check out this thread at the Microsoft Answers community which says Adobe Reader may be implicated → Photos keep opening in "print pictures" app instead of the - Microsoft Community
    – w32sh
    May 28, 2022 at 7:56
  • See, thats the weird thing. File associations are set to what they should be, as seen here, so that's not the problem here. May 28, 2022 at 12:45
  • I also don't have Adobe Reader on my PC. Never have. May 28, 2022 at 12:47
  • @arrowpuppet: Does resetting the Photos app (via PowerShell) help? The command to run is Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Reset-AppxPackage
    – w32sh
    May 28, 2022 at 13:48

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The Clipchamp shell extension is causing this issue. I could simulate the issue by installing the current version (v2.3.0.0) of the program.

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Removing the Clipchamp shell extension fixes this problem. To do so, open an admin Command Prompt (run as administrator) and execute this command-line:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" /v {8AB635F8-9A67-4698-AB99-784AD929F3B4}

Log off and log back in for the change to take effect. Alternately, you can restart the Explorer shell via Task Manager.

References - Shell Extensions Issues:

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