diff --git a/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp b/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
index 7cf9160df58..a07c7919818 100644
--- a/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
+++ b/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
@@ -1349,6 +1349,31 @@ HRESULT CDefView::FillFileMenu()
     }
 
     m_cidl = m_ListView.GetSelectedCount();
+    if (m_cidl == 0) /* No selection */
+    {
+        HMENU hContextMenu = ::CreatePopupMenu();
+
+        WCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
+        if (SHGetPathFromIDListW(m_pidlParent, szPath))
+        {
+            CComPtr<IContextMenu> pCM;
+
+            // TODO: Insert CNewMenu
+            ...
+        }
+
+        INT indexMenu = 0;
+        _InsertMenuItemW(hFileMenu, indexMenu++, TRUE, FCIDM_SHVIEW_CREATELINK, MFT_STRING, MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDS_CREATELINK), MFS_GRAYED);
+        _InsertMenuItemW(hFileMenu, indexMenu++, TRUE, FCIDM_SHVIEW_DELETE, MFT_STRING, MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDS_DELETE), MFS_GRAYED);
+        _InsertMenuItemW(hFileMenu, indexMenu++, TRUE, FCIDM_SHVIEW_RENAME, MFT_STRING, MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDS_RENAME), MFS_GRAYED);
+        _InsertMenuItemW(hFileMenu, indexMenu++, TRUE, FCIDM_SHVIEW_PROPERTIES, MFT_STRING, MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDS_PROPERTIES), MFS_GRAYED);
+        _InsertMenuItemW(hFileMenu, indexMenu++, TRUE, -1, MFT_SEPARATOR, NULL, MFS_ENABLED);
+
+        Shell_MergeMenus(hFileMenu, hContextMenu, 0, 0, 0xFFFF, MM_SUBMENUSHAVEIDS);
+        ::DestroyMenu(hContextMenu);
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
 
     /* In case we still have this left over, clean it up! */
     if (m_pFileMenu)
@@ -1357,7 +1382,7 @@ HRESULT CDefView::FillFileMenu()
         m_pFileMenu.Release();
     }
     /* Store the context menu in m_pFileMenu and keep it in order to invoke the selected command later on */
-    HRESULT hr = GetItemObject((m_cidl ? SVGIO_SELECTION : SVGIO_BACKGROUND), IID_PPV_ARG(IContextMenu, &m_pFileMenu));
+    HRESULT hr = GetItemObject(SVGIO_SELECTION, IID_PPV_ARG(IContextMenu, &m_pFileMenu));
     if (FAILED_UNEXPECTEDLY(hr))
         return hr;