Shell extension/context menu stuff not working

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Hi!

I'm facing an issue where the bandizip context menu entries aren't appearing.

I've tried restarting my computer, resetting bandizips settings, reinstalling bandizip, deleting everything that mentions bandi-zip/soft or AABdzCtx from my registry and file system, and then reinstalling bandizip. 

None of these things worked :(

anyway, here's my bandisoft system analyzer results: 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 System Overview
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  OS          : Windows 11 (Build:26200, 64bit)
  CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor, popcnt:yes, sse4:yes
  IE Version  : 9.11.26100.0
  D3D12.dll :  10.0.26100.7920
  Temp Path   : C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\ (Folder ok) (Free:642167MB) (Write test ok) (TempFileCount:452)
  System Path : C:\WINDOWS
  LangID      : 2057 / 3072 (Sys/User)
  UserType    : Admin
  AppPath     : C:\Users\user1\AppData\Roaming (ok)
  VGA         : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
  System Time : 2026-03-21 15:07:23

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Analysis
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Resolve DNS of secure server: success, (13.124.132.39)
  Resolve DNS of ver server: success, (52.78.169.250)
  Checking connection to the secure server using sock: ok
  Checking connection to the ver server using sock: ok
  Checking download ver info: ok. (crc32:0xbdad0b38)
  Checking ping to the secure server(get): Get() result: [pong], code:200
  Checking ping to the secure server(post): Post() result: [pongpong], code:200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Richedit Analysis
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  Msftedit.dll - module:0x00007FFEDA5E0000
  RICHEDIT50W - hWnd:0x00000000000D0888
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Installed apps
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  Bandizip - 7.40
  BandiView is not installed
  Honeycam is not installed
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Media Foundation Codecs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Video Decoders (18) / Video Encoders (11)
  Audio Decoders (20) / Audio Encoders (9)
  Video Decoder Support :
  H.264       : Yes
  HEVC        : Yes
  AV1         : Yes
  VP9         : Yes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sparse Package
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  BandizipShellext - Not installed (0x11110006) < think it miiight be this
  BandizipShellext2 - Installed (BandizipShellext2_1.0.0.3_x64__y8jx0atjth7em)
  Bandisoft.com.15700C60EE320 - Not installed (0x11110006) < or this, much less likely tho
  BandiViewShellext - Not installed (0x11110006)
  Win11 classic context menu - yes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shell
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  PSD preview: 0({c5aec3ec-e812-4677-a9a7-4fee1f9aa000})
  Preview DLL: Error (Err)
  Explorer-Icons-Only: 0 (OK)
  SeparateProcess: 0 (OK)

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I got it working:)!!!

I don't know exactly why it works, as I compromised my morals by throwing vague descriptions of my problem at AI for an hour

but here's what i think my path to sucess was:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

reboot

regsvr32 /s ole32.dll
regsvr32 /s oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 /s shell32.dll
regsvr32 /s actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 /s shdocvw.dll

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | ForEach {
    Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppxManifest.xml"
}

ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
del /f /q %localappdata%\IconCache.db  <<< this file didn't exist for me so this part was kinda useless for me
start explorer.exe