Ribbon Disabler will allow you to disable Ribbon in File Explorer and preserve Paint and Wordpad working. Aslo it has an option to restore ribbon.

There is no system files what will be modified by this tool.Since version 2 the Ribbon Disabler modifies your explorerframe.dll but makes backup. It is safe.

compatibility

Ribbon Disabler is compatible with Windows 10, , Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

Note: If you have upgraded your OS from an earlier Windows release, please download Ribbon Disabler 4.0 first and then use it to disable the Ribbon. Don't use previous releases of Ribbon Disabler, or you will end with a black screen.

Ribbon Disabler is portable application and does not require to be installed.