Right click menu turned to old style

It happened today.
The menu that you get when you right click on something turned to old style menu (like the one found in XP). However not all of them. The old one pops up only when I right click on something not from Microsoft.
So when I right click on the Computer, or Recycle bin, or a folder the menu has modern look. But files, even files from Windows folder, get old look.

How could this have happened? What can I do to restore the modern look??

Two right click menus, for items next to each other:
Modern: http://i34.tinypic.com/11aao2g.png
Old style: http://i34.tinypic.com/29pant2.png

They're the same, just for different shortcuts. Computer has a different menu than others.

No, they're not. Look again. This time in pictures, I'm hovering over the last item. In windows 7 normally it has this faint blue transparent overlay. But in second picture when I'm right clicking shortcut to program, look at the last item as I hover my mouse over it.
It turns to white text with blue background (as it did in Windows XP).

Modern: http://i37.tinypic.com/118krrb.png
Old style: http://i35.tinypic.com/311th1u.png

Old style menu shows up for everything, but Windows shortcuts on desktop (My computer, Recycle bin etc.), and folders.

You have the same thing as I do. Nothing wrong.

Its not right, because it doesn't happen like that in two of my computers (only one, and only for couple of days).

I'm clearly marking for you in my pictures what I mean. Its the color and style of highlight (for some items, it looks like it is Windows XP menu).







Now, the System Restore has no points, I have no System Image, Repair install didn't work, is it Clean Install for me, or is there some magic file, that could fix this??

The same thing happens to me as the OP. I noticed it started to happen after I installed AVG 9.0 free version. And it only seems to go to the blue highlighted context menu when AVG is in there, like when I click on a file/folder that can be scanned.

But even in the start menu it changes when I click on different things. See attachments.

Also as mentioned above, it doesn't matter whether I click and highlight the item first or just right click

johngalt said:

green98ls said:

The same thing happens to me as the OP. I noticed it started to happen after I installed AVG 9.0 free version. And it only seems to go to the blue highlighted context menu when AVG is in there, like when I click on a file/folder that can be scanned.

But even in the start menu it changes when I click on different things. See attachments.

Also as mentioned above, it doesn't matter whether I click and highlight the item first or just right click

You may be onto something there - if you have a context menu item that is using older system calls, then the menu is forced to revert to the old system in order to be compatible with that one context menu item. So, it makes sense that, for the context menu item for certain things, where that particular entry exists, the system acts like aero has been turned off, whereas in reality it is only turned off for that particular context menu item.

Mikaka - perhaps it is the context menu item for ESET causing this to occur? Because I have WinRAR and Notepad++ so I know it is not either of those two, unless you happen to be running older versions....

Good explanation John

And to further that explanation, I uninstalled AVG and my context menus went back to the new style without the blue highlighted.

So I would say the context menu will change depending on what programs you install.

I attached new pictures to show the difference