Add Intel Graphics Settings to Windows 11 Right Click Menu

Sadique Hassan•Updated Mar 3, 2022

In this guide, we will show you two different methods to add Intel Graphics Settings to the Windows 11 right-click menu. This app from the chipset giants beholds quite a few nifty features up its sleeves. Be it for changing the resolution, refresh rate, scaling, creating RGB color profiles, applying contrast enhancement, or tweaking video displaying settings, all of these tasks could easily be carried out right from this app.

Moreover, it also has all the required information related to the integrated GPU that you could refer to as and when needed. All in all, there are a plethora of reasons as to why you might need to interact with it on a regular basis. Talking about which, you could easily access it from the system tray, via the Start menu, using the designated hotkeys, or from the context menu.

Talking about the latter one, it is automatically added as and when the app is installed for the first time. However, for many users, that doesn’t seem to be the case. If you are also in the same boat, then fret not. In this guide, we will show you the two methods to add Intel Graphics Settings to the Windows 11 right-click menu. Follow along.

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How to Add Intel Graphics Settings to Windows 11 Right Click Menu

You could add the Intel Graphics settings to the Windows 11 context menu via Registry Editor- using the automatic and manual approach. We have listed both these methods below, along with their perks and risks. Go through both of them and then decide which you are comfortable in trying out. Before starting, we would recommend you take a backup of the registry before making any modifications to it.

For that, open Registry Editor, head over to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers, right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder, and select Export. Then save it to any location on your PC. If things go wrong, then you could easily restore it by launching this exported registry file. With that out of the way, let’s get started. Proceed ahead at your own risk.

METHOD 1: Automated Approach

In this method, you just need to launch a Registry Editor file and the rest of the work will be done by it in the backend. However, there is generally a risk factor involved in expecting a registry file downloaded from the web. Though we will show you the entire contents of that file before executing it, but if you still have any doubts, you are free to opt for the manual method.

Download the Add_Intel_Graphics_Context_Menu_Windows_11 registry file.
Then extract it to any convenient location on your PC.
After that, right-click on that file and select Open With > Notepad.
You could now verify and check the content of the file.
Once done, double click on that registry file and click Run in the dialog box.
After that, click YES in the confirmation dialog box. That’s it.
The registry file is now added and you will be notified of the same.
You have successfully added the Intel Graphics Settings to the Windows 11 right-click menu.

METHOD 2: Manual Approach

The benefit of this method is that you have complete control over this process. On the flip side, it is a tedious process and calls for your manual efforts. So with that in mind, let’s get started.

Head over to the Start Menu, search Registry Editor, and open it.
Then copy-paste the below location in the address bar:
```
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
```
After that, right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder and select New > Key.
Name it igfxcui. Then go to its right-hand side and open its Default file.
Enter the below string in its Value Data filed and hit OK to save it.
```
3AB1675A-CCFF-11D2-8B20-00A0C93CB1F4
```
Once that is done, again right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder and select New > Key.
Name this file igfxDTCM. Then go to its right-hand side and open its Default file.
Enter the below string in its Value Data filed and hit OK to save it.
```
9B5F5829-A529-4B12-814A-E81BCB8D93FC
```

That’s it. These were the two different methods to add the Intel Graphics Settings to the Windows 11 right-click menu. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

How to Remove Intel Graphics Settings from Windows 11 Right Click Menu

if you wish to revert the change and remove the Intel Graphics Settings from the Windows 11 right-click menu, then here’s what you need to do:

Head over to the Start Menu, search Registry Editor, and open it.
Then copy-paste the below location in the address bar:
```
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
```
After that, right-click on the igfxcui file and select Delete.
Likewise, delete the igfxDTCM file as well. That’s it.

UPDATE 1

You will no longer be able to add the Intel Graphics Settings to the Windows 11 right-click menu beginning with version 26.20.100.6618. The reason for the same, according to Intel, is as follows:

This is a limitation of Windows Declarative Componentized Hardware (DCH) drivers. Intel Graphics Drivers versions 26.20.100.6618 and newer are Windows DCH drivers. The Intel Graphics Settings right-click contextual option is no longer available when using these Windows DCH Graphics drivers.

So what are our options now? Well, you will now have to opt for the traditional methods, such as:

Launch it from the Start Menu.
Add it to the System Tray. For that, launch Intel Graphics Command Center > Go to the Settings menu > Enable the toggle next to Systek Tray.
Using Shortcut Keys. launch Intel Graphics Command Center > Go to the System menu > Assign the desired hotkeys from the Intel Graphics Command Center section.