# Windows 11 preview adds customisable context menus and cloud recovery

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/windows-11-gets-right-click-menu-improvements-as-pc-revenue-slides/
- Published: 2026-10-29T20:18:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T20:32:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/windows-11-gets-right-click-menu-improvements-as-pc-revenue-slides/
- Topics: Business, Markets, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Windows 11 users can customise the right-click menu.
- Cloud Rebuild can reinstall Windows on PCs that will not boot.
- Windows OEM revenue fell 27 per cent year on year.

## Summary

Microsoft is beginning a gradual preview rollout of Windows 11 update KB5127936, which lets users customise the right-click menu by choosing, rearranging and grouping commands and third-party extensions. The change addresses a long-running complaint about familiar options being moved or hidden, while a new cloud recovery feature offers another way to reinstall Windows on PCs that will not boot.

Cloud Rebuild downloads Windows and required drivers through Windows Update, but performs a fresh installation, so existing files and applications are not retained; users can also sanitise their drives first. The update covers Windows 11 versions 26H2 and 25H2. Its release coincides with a 27 per cent fall in Windows OEM revenue, which Microsoft attributed to last year’s Windows 10 support deadline, inventory reductions and weaker PC demand; the broader Windows OEM and devices category fell 22 per cent.

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