For years, if something has remained intact in Windows, it is the gesture of clicking with the right mouse button. In doing so, the system context menu is displayed, full of practical options such as copying, paste, rename, send or create direct accesses.
A useful tool that is present at day to millions of users. However, Microsoft has decided that the function that is part of the operating system can no longer remain the same, and it is for this reason that it has integrated the power of artificial intelligence.
With the arrival of co -pilot, The Windows context menu has become a new entry to functions That, until recently, they were unthinkable with a simple right click. In this sense, a new way of interacting with the files you have on your desk opens.
Copilot sneaks into the context menu
The last Windows 11 update has added a new function to the context menu, which appears when you right click on a file. The option is called Send to co -pilot Or, in some cases, Ask Copilotand mark a clear turn in the user experience.
From now on, you can send any file directly to the Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Assistant No need to open other applications or navigate additional menus.
With this integration, AI becomes an active part of your desktopso it is no longer limited to an icon anchored to the sidebar or a floating window or the taskbar. It is now present in one of the most commonly used functions of the system.
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Microsoft’s goal is to make Copilot part of your daily use of the system. It is no longer about offering a separate assistant, which you go only when you remember that it exists, but to integrate it so that it appears just at the time you may need help with a file.
This responds to a broader strategy by the company to accelerate the adoption of its AI. After a first wave of enthusiasm, its use has stabilized, and the company wants to boost it giving visibility in the most common spaces of the ecosystem.
By placing it in the context menu, Co -ilot ceases to be an addition and becomes a central function of Windows 11, which can be very functional for all users of this operating system.
What can co -pilot do from the context menu?
It should be noted that the function is not limited to fast access, but when clicking right on a file and choosing Send to co -pilotyou can ask you to summarize a document, analyze data contained in a report, remove information from a PDF or even interpret the content of an image. Everything, without having to open Word, Excel or the image viewer.
This is a simplification in certain workflows. For example, if you are checking several documents, you can get a preview without opening each file. Or if you have to understand the content of an image, the AI can give you a direct answer. In short, a click connects you with a tool capable of contextualizing and processing information instantly.
As usually happens with the key changes in the operating system, not all users have received it with enthusiasm. Many consider that the context menu was already sufficiently loaded with optionsand see this new entry as an unnecessary distraction. Others directly do not use co -pilot and prefer to maintain a clean and functional interface.
In fact, they have not taken to appear tutorials to eliminate or deactivate this function. Some choose to modify the Windows record to recover the classic version of the context menu, in which this option does not appear. A tool also resurfaces, as is the shortcut CAPITALS + RIGHT CLICKwhich allows access to the previous menu in a timely manner.
These complaints remind the debate caused by the Redesign of the context menu in Windows 11in which many criticized the need to click on Show more options to find functions that were previously in sight. The fear of change remains an important factor in the relationship between users and the evolution of the operating system.
Microsoft He has decided that the right mouse click ceases to be a simple command listif not now, it can also be a conversation with AI. It may seem useful or that you prefer to keep things as they were. But the change is already underway.
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Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Windows 11