diff --git "a/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp" "b/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp"
index 577e93d332e..d93feaac5eb 100644
--- "a/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp"
+++ "b/dll/win32/shell32/CDefaultContextMenu.cpp"
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ HRESULT CDefaultContextMenu::DoDelete(LPCMINVOKECOMMANDINFOEX lpcmi)
     if (FAILED_UNEXPECTEDLY(hr))
         return hr;
 
-    DWORD grfKeyState = (lpcmi->fMask & CMIC_MASK_SHIFT_DOWN) ? MK_SHIFT : 0;
+    DWORD grfKeyState = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SHIFT) ? MK_SHIFT : 0;
     SHSimulateDrop(pDT, m_pDataObj, grfKeyState, NULL, NULL);
 
     return S_OK;