Fix Folder Options Missing in Windows Explorer

Your folder options missing under Tool menu in Windows Explorer, maybe it cause by virus because many computer virus can do it, or this matter is caused you installing a software, don’t panic! You can restore it back. There are two solutions for the problems you can choose one of them to resolve the problem. Solution 1 you can edit registry setting, solution 2 you can change setting in group policy.

Before resolved:

After the problem resolved:

Following a few simple steps to get this problem resolved:

Solution 1: Edit registry setting

1. Open registry editor by click Start menu – Run, type regedit and then press enter.
2. Navigate to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer”
3. At right panel, look for a value called “NoFolderOptions”, delete the value.
4. Go to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer”
5. Repeat step 3 to delete NoFolderOptions entry.

Solution 2: Change setting in Group Policy

1. Open group policy setting by click Start Menu – Run then type gpedit.msc and then press enter.
2. Navigate to “User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer”.
3. At the right panel, look for “Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu”, right click on it then choose Properties, and then disable it.

Note: has been tested and 100% work in Windows XP.